[nagdu] Re the lousy legislation and have you guys heard about THIS???

[Tami Jarvis]

Dailyah,

I haven't heard of that exact instance, but I've heard of the practice. 
The "prescription" is the word used when it comes to medical/emotional 
support dogs for housing. Say, if the dog lowers blood pressure by its 
mere existence, something that has been documented for decades. I'm 
never sure if that is a therapy dog or something else? Same idea as an 
ESA, only for a physical illness. I guess it would be like a 
"prescription" for a jacuzzi for a back injury for insurance purposes. 
Well, I saw it used that way long ago in workers' comp cases. So the 
word "presecription" is used for other types of medical equipment 
besides drugs or some of the obvious things. It's the doctor's way of 
stating that a thing is required to improve the patient's health. Some 
doctors use them more loosely than others. A doctor's prescription has 
nothing to do with service dogs, unless it may be through a program that 
requires some sort of documentation of disability. But it's nothing to 
do with public access, either way, just housing and other specific 
arenas where ESAs are allowed.

hth,

Tami





On 03/02/2015 05:08 PM, Dailyah via nagdu wrote:
> Hi all!
> I'll be going ahead and posting something in a bit that I mostly wrote last night and edited some today...just since I spent a lot of time on it and was really thorough dissecting all the different issues...including that I don't think it's guides "under attack" (yet).Also, bogus handlers are one thing, but have ya'll heard about "The Dogtor"?  thedogtor.net  It's some doctor who will write recommends for people to have Emotional Support Animals so they can have their dog in no pets rental housing.  Also says will write 'prescriptions' - I don't know how a M.D. can write a script for something that's not from a pharmacy or medical supply company, but I'm *guessing* the website is referring to writing a 'prescription' to try to legitimize a dog as a service dog.  Ack!
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