SECTION 612:25-6-4. Use of service animals

(a)   A licensed manager, licensed employee, or trainee may house a service animal in designated areas other than food preparation and food serving areas. Each business enterprise will be surveyed and a service animal area designated as needed.

(b)   The service animal will be kept in a suitable kennel provided by SLA and screened from customers' view to provide maximum security for the service animal.

(c)   It is the service animal owner's responsibility to keep the service animal, kennel and kennel area neat, clean and odor free at all times.

(d)   After leaving the kennel area, any licensed manager, licensed employee or trainee must immediately wash his/her hands before returning to work.

(e)   This Section will not in any way prohibit blind customers with service animals from access to business enterprises.

[Source: Added at 14 Ok Reg 1472, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 2397, eff 9-12-14]