216C.10 - USE OF HEARING DOG.
216C.10 USE OF HEARING DOG.
A deaf or hard-of-hearing person has the right to be accompanied
by a hearing dog, under control and especially trained at a
recognized training facility to assist the deaf or hard-of-hearing by
responding to sound, in any place listed in sections 216C.3 and
216C.4 without being required to make additional payment for the
hearing dog. A landlord shall waive lease restrictions on the
keeping of dogs for a deaf or hard-of-hearing person with a hearing
dog. The deaf or hard- of-hearing person is liable for damage done
to any premise or facility by a hearing dog.
A person who denies or interferes with the right of a deaf or
hard-of-hearing person under this section is, upon conviction, guilty
of a simple misdemeanor. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1263
C87, § 601D.10
C93, § 216C.10
93 Acts, ch 75, § 5