Service Animal Policy
Pacific Union College seeks to accommodate qualified persons with documented disabilities who need the assistance of a service animal. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Pacific Union College has created the following Service Animal Policy on campus.
Definitions
“Disability”, as defined by the ADA, means a sensory, mental, physical or condition and/or impairment that is medically diagnosable, and that substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, working, or learning.
The definition of “Service Animal” (SA) in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is “any dog individually trained to work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals who are hearing impaired, assisting an individual during a seizure, pulling a wheelchair or fetching dropped items.” The service the animal is providing must be directly related to the functional limitation of the person’s disability. The person requesting the accommodation of bringing his/her animal to campus may b