Get PA Service Animals Allowed

One of the things that the Acts legislate on, is the right of people with disabilities to bring assistance animals into places where pets are not usually allowed. An emotional support animal in Pennsylvania is mainly protected under the ACAA and FHA.

Pennsylvania Law and Emotional Support Animals The use of ESAs can often have therapeutic benefits and a sense of safety for their handlers. But since they're not individually trained to perform specific tasks, emotional support animals aren't covered by either Pennsylvania service animal laws or the ADA.

An ESA letter must be issued by a licensed mental health professional in your State. Certapet will connect you with someone in your area. To use an ESA letter to support an application for accommodation or air travel it must be dated within the past 12 months.

The ADA only requires that a service animal be individually trained to do the required work or tasks, but it does not require the training to be conducted by any recognized organization or authority nor does it require any specific approval, certification, or license to show that the animal has been trained.

Service Dogs in Training: Under Pennsylvania law, individuals with disabilities who use guide or support animals, or trainers of such animals, are entitled to equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and education, as well as equal access to and treatment in all public accommodations, and any housing ...

Laws prohibit employment discrimination because of a disability. Employers are required to provide reasonable accommodation. Allowing an individual with a disability to have a service animal or an emotional support animal accompany them to work may be considered an accommodation.

You are not allowed to: Because service animals are not required to wear vests, a dog that is wearing a vest is not necessarily a service animal. The dog still needs to be trained to perform a task for a person with a disability to be a service animal.

An emotional support animal must be prescribed by a licensed mental health professional, who does so by issuing an ESA letter. The LMHP must hold a valid license specific to your state, and they must be treating you as a patient for a mental health-related matter.