[NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can be registered

Mon Jan 18 15:41:06 UTC 2016

We just went through a similar thing with our local hospital.

they require that all therapy dogs be registered with them.  You have to go through an entire process for that.

I was at the ER with my husband and the security guard told me I couldn’t bring my dog in there without it being registered, and he honestly thought it was for all service dogs!

I called and straightened it out and they did more staff education, but confusion is always a possibility with staff and the general public.
Cait

> On Jan 17, 2016, at 9:18 PM, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Sure, the patch is entirely voluntary, but I am not sure how much that
> matters. People don't understand those demarkations. When someone at your
> local pub says you can't bring the dog in here, and you give the ADA stuff,
> they can still say, "Yes, but you need to have it registered." Least that's
> how it feels to me.
> Cindy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can
> be registered
> 
> The patch again is entirely voluntary. They can not! Ask for ID. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can
> be registered
> 
> 
> 
> In this case, as in California, or any other state, the law that grants the
> most protection to the Service Dog Owner will apply. In the case of someone
> going through Michigan with an unpatched Service Dog,  the protections of
> the ADA would pertain.
> 
> Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,
> 
> Wayne M. Scace 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Marianne Denning via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Date: 1/16/2016  15:42  (GMT-06:00) 
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> Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>, Tina Thomas
> <judotina48kg at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can
> 	be registered 
> 
> This concerns me because if I travel to MI and don't have one of those
> patches will I be harassed by business owners?  What happens then?  I know
> it says "people can," but that may be interpreted by business owners as
> "people must."
> 
> Thanks for this update.
> 
> On 1/16/16, Tina Thomas via NAGDU  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: seeing-eye at googlegroups.com [mailto:seeing-eye at googlegroups.com]
>> On Behalf Of Sue Martin
>> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 10:22 AM
>> To: seeing-eye at googlegroups.com
>> Subject: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can be 
>> registered
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From:
>> http://www.wzzm13.com/story/news/local/2016/01/14/new-law-updating-ser
>> vice-animal-rules-takes-effect-soon/78812092/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) -- Next week, a new state law goes into 
>> effect updating Michigan's rules on service animals.
>> 
>> The state's Department of Civil Rights held a news conference in Grand 
>> Rapids Thursday to outline the new law. It provides a chance for 
>> people who use service animals to register them with the state. Once 
>> registered, those people will receive an official state patch that can 
>> be attached to the harness.
>> 
>> That will make it easier for businesses to determine who is entitled 
>> to a service animal accommodation, said the state's Americans with 
>> Disabilities Act compliance director Sharon Ellis.
>> 
>> "It's going to be so much easier not only to have your service animal 
>> by your side, but you'll have the peace of mind to have the state of 
>> Michigan by your side also," Ellis said.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The law also stiffens penalties for people who falsely say their pet 
>> is a service animal.
>> 
>> It takes effect on Monday.
>> 
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