Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-19.1
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Public conveyances and public accommodations - Guide,
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signal, or service dogs - Identification of dog - Definitions.
A. Any blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing
person who is a passenger on any common carrier, airplane, motor
vehicle, railroad train, motorbus, streetcar, boat, or any other
public conveyance or mode of transportation operating within this
state or any dog trainer from a recognized training center when in
the act of training guide, signal, or service dogs shall be entitled
to have with him or her a guide, signal, or service dog specially
trained or being trained for that purpose, without being required to
pay an additional charge therefor, but shall be liable as hereafter
set forth in subsection B of this section.
B. A blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing
person and his or her guide, signal, or service dog or a dog trainer
from a recognized training center in the act of training guide,
signal, or service dogs shall not be denied admittance to or refused
access to any of the following because of such dog: Any street,
highway, sidewalk, walkway, any common carrier, airplane, motor
vehicle, railroad train, motor bus, streetcar, boat, or any other
public conveyance or mode of transportation, hotel, motel, or other
place of lodging, public building maintained by any unit or
subdivision of government, building to which the general public is
invited, college dormitory and other educational facility,
restaurant or other place where food is offered for sale to the
public, or any other place of public accommodation, amusement,
convenience, or resort to which the general public or any
classification of persons from the general public is regularly,
normally, or customarily invited within the State of Oklahoma. Such
blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing person or dog
trainer from a recognized training center in the act of training
guide, signal, or service dogs shall not be required to pay any
additional charges for his or her guide, signal, or service dog, but
shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by such dog.
C. A dog used by a deaf or hard-of-hearing person shall be
required to wear an orange identifying collar.
D. For the purposes of this section and Section 113.1 of Title
41 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 7. Blind Persons Page 5
1. "Physically handicapped person" means any person who has a
physical impairment which severely and permanently restricts
mobility of two or more extremities, or who is so severely disabled
as to be unable to move without the aid of a wheelchair;
2. "Service dog" means any dog individually trained to the
physically handicapped person's requirements; and
3. "Signal dog" means any dog trained to alert a deaf or hard-
of-hearing person to intruders or sounds.
A. Any blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing
person who is a passenger on any common carrier, airplane, motor
vehicle, railroad train, motorbus, streetcar, boat, or any other
public conveyance or mode of transportation operating within this
state or any dog trainer from a recognized training center when in
the act of training guide, signal, or service dogs shall be entitled
to have with him or her a guide, signal, or service dog specially
trained or being trained for that purpose, without being required to
pay an additional charge therefor, but shall be liable as hereafter
set forth in subsection B of this section.
B. A blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing
person and his or her guide, signal, or service dog or a dog trainer
from a recognized training center in the act of training guide,
signal, or service dogs shall not be denied admittance to or refused
access to any of the following because of such dog: Any street,
highway, sidewalk, walkway, any common carrier, airplane, motor
vehicle, railroad train, motor bus, streetcar, boat, or any other
public conveyance or mode of transportation, hotel, motel, or other
place of lodging, public building maintained by any unit or
subdivision of government, building to which the general public is
invited, college dormitory and other educational facility,
restaurant or other place where food is offered for sale to the
public, or any other place of public accommodation, amusement,
convenience, or resort to which the general public or any
classification of persons from the general public is regularly,
normally, or customarily invited within the State of Oklahoma. Such
blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing person or dog
trainer from a recognized training center in the act of training
guide, signal, or service dogs shall not be required to pay any
additional charges for his or her guide, signal, or service dog, but
shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by such dog.
C. A dog used by a deaf or hard-of-hearing person shall be
required to wear an orange identifying collar.
D. For the purposes of this section and Section 113.1 of Title
41 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 7. Blind Persons Page 5
1. "Physically handicapped person" means any person who has a
physical impairment which severely and permanently restricts
mobility of two or more extremities, or who is so severely disabled
as to be unable to move without the aid of a wheelchair;
2. "Service dog" means any dog individually trained to the
physically handicapped person's requirements; and
3. "Signal dog" means any dog trained to alert a deaf or hard-
of-hearing person to intruders or sounds.
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