Dot Regulations On Emotional Support Animals. On december 2, 2020 the department of transportation (dot) released its final rule for accommodating service and emotional support animals as a reasonable accommodation request under the air carrier access act (acaa). Department of transportation is amending how animals are viewed under the air carrier access act.
Airlines are prohibited from banning specific breeds of dogs on board flights as service or emotional support animals, the us transportation department said thursday, amid controversy over safety. An emotional support animal is not trained to do work or perform a task for the benefit of an individual. Under the latest revisions, service animals are restricted to dogs that are “individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability.”
Department of transportation (dot) is contemplating amendments to their rules regarding service animals and emotional support animals on flights, and is turning to the public for help.
No longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal; No longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal; The government has decided that when it comes to air travel, only dogs can be service animals, and companions used for emotional support don’t count. The dot goes on to say that airlines can restrict the number of service animals per person to two.