- (1) Visitors arriving with a service animal will be responsible to ensure that the service animal is properly controlled and behaved at all times.
(2) Visitors may be asked the following in relation to the service animal:
- (a) To remove any apparel the service animal is wearing;
- (b) If the animal is required because of a disability; and
- (c) What work or task the animal has been trained to perform.
- (3) Adults in custody are not allowed to touch service animals.
(4) A person will not be asked to remove the service animal from the premises unless:
- (a) The animal is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it.
- (b) The animal is not housebroken.
- (5) Where there is a legitimate reason to ask that the service animal be removed, facility employees shall offer the person with the disability an opportunity to visit without the animal’s presence.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History
DOC 22-2024, amend filed 10/08/2024, effective 10/08/2024
DOC 12-2019, adopt filed 06/24/2019, effective 07/01/2019