[OAGDU] pets on patios in OH

[marianne at denningweb.com]

(A)(1) A retail food establishment or food service operation may allow a
person to bring a dog in an outdoor dining area of the establishment or
operation in accordance with this section. However, if the dog is a service
animal, no establishment or operation shall refuse to allow the dog in the
outdoor dining area unless such refusal is authorized under federal and
state laws governing service animals.

(2) The director of agriculture and the director of health shall adopt rules
allowing dogs in an outdoor dining area of a retail food establishment or
food service operation. The rules shall include authorization for the
directors to prohibit dogs in an outdoor dining area of an establishment or
operation during a public health emergency.

(B) If an establishment or operation allows a person to bring a dog in an
outdoor dining area of the establishment or operation, the establishment or
operation shall do all of the following:

(1) Adopt a policy that requires patrons to control their dog, whether with
a leash or otherwise, while the dog is in the outdoor dining area. The
establishment or operation shall enforce the policy adopted under division
(B)(1) of this section.

(2) Not allow the person to take the dog into the outdoor dining area
through any of the establishment's or operation's indoor areas;

(3) Comply with both of the following:

(a) All sanitation standards established in the Ohio uniform food safety
code other than those standards that prohibit dogs in an outdoor dining area
of an establishment or operation;

(b) Any other standard established under this chapter.

(C) No person shall bring a dog in an outdoor dining area of an
establishment or operation if the dog is not properly vaccinated in
accordance with all state and local laws.

(D) As used in this section, "service animal" means any dog that is
individually trained for the benefit of an individual with a disability to
do work or perform tasks that are directly related to the individual's
disability.

Available Versions of this Section

 

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