Hi Daniel:
You've gotten good advice from others. I offer the following resources from our campus policies and my department guidance:
https://ucdavispolicy.ellucid.com/documents/view/335/355/ Service and support animals
https://ucdavispolicy.ellucid.com/documents/view/333/2079/ Animal control on campus
https://chemistry.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk196/files/files/page/needs-assessment_0.pdf
Needs assessment for students with disabilities (last two pages deal with service dogs in lab)
As Pat pointed out, cancelling class when a service animal presented may be in violation of reasonable accommodations in the ADA regulations.
Hope this helps,
Debbie
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I believe this is the first time we've encountered something like this and I called our disability department and they really couldn't answer the question. I appreciate the help.
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Date: September 6, 2018 at 6:17:23 PM EDT
Hello,
My name is Daniel and I have lab safety question. One of our students brought a PTSD service dog to one of our physics labs. The instructor had to cancel lab until further notice. Could someone please share rules or regulations in terms of lab safety.
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