1. (a) A school shall not employ or retain in its employ an apprentice who is not suited temperamentally and otherwise to work with blind persons in the use of guide dogs.

2. (b) Each guide dog school licensed by the board shall require every apprentice to undergo a systematic organized program of instruction which has been approved by the board. Such organized program of instruction shall be under a licensed instructor and shall include the following subjects:

   1. (1) Care and selection of dogs;
   2. (2) Obedience training of dogs;
   3. (3) Training of dogs preparatory to becoming guides for blind people;
   4. (4) Required reading on blindness and its effects;
   5. (5) Course of instruction in the California Guide Dogs for the Blind Act and the regulations of the board;
   6. (6) Basic principles of travel and mobility training for blind people.
3. (c) No apprentice shall be permitted to instruct any guide dog team except under the supervision of a licensed instructor.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code.

History

1. Repealer and new section filed 12-12-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 50).

2. Amendment of subsection (a) repealer of subsections (a)(1)-(2) and amendment of subsection (c) filed 3-17-2011; operative 4-16-2011 (Register 2011, No. 11).