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[Tracie Inman]

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On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 11:30 PM, Artie! <anolden at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
 
  

 


This is direct 
from the www.TSA.govwebsite. 
Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Conditions
  
If a 
passenger has a service dog due to a disability or medical condition, both the 
passenger and the dog will be screened. The passenger should inform a security 
officer that the dog is a service animal and not a pet and it is helpful if the 
animal is wearing gear (a harness, vest, etc.) to indicate that it is a service 
animal.
Passengers are expected to maintain control of their service dogs by 
holding onto the leash throughout the screening process and they should not be 
separated from their dogs by TSA personnel.
Passengers with service dogs will 
be screened either by a metal detector or thorough patdown if the passenger does 
not want to be screened by metal detector. Regardless of how the passenger is 
screened, he or she may be subject to explosives trace testing. If explosive 
material is detected, the passenger will have to undergo additional 
screening.
If the passenger and service dog are screened by a metal detector, 
they can proceed one of three ways:

The passenger can walk through first 
with the dog following behind on its leash. 
The dog can walk through first 
on its leash with the passenger following behind. 
The passenger and dog can 
walk through at the same time.
If the passenger and the dog walk through at 
the same time and the metal detector alarms, both the passenger and dog are 
subject to additional screening, including a thorough patdown.
If the 
passenger and dog walk through separately and the passenger alarms, the 
passenger will receive additional screening, including a patdown.
If the 
service dog alarms but the passenger does not, it is very important that the 
passenger not make contact with the dog (other than holding the leash) until the 
dog has been cleared and inspected by an officer.
Regardless of how the 
passenger and dog proceed through metal detector, the dog will receive 
additional screening. The officer will inspect the dog and the dog’s belongings 
(collar, harness, leash, backpack, vest, etc.). Although the dog’s harness will 
not be removed, it and other items that he or she may be carrying such as a 
backpack are subject to screening.
If a passenger exits past the checkpoint 
to relieve his or her dog, the passenger and dog will need to undergo the 
screening process again. When he or she returns to the security checkpoint, he 
or she can ask to move to the front of the screening line.
Medication for 
service animals is permitted through security checkpoints once it has undergone 
X-ray or inspection screening. Passengers should tell an officer in advance if 
there are medically necessary liquids for the service dog that need to be 
screened, and these should be separated from other items in the passenger’s 
carry-on.      
 
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