Dot Regulations On Emotional Support Animals

It will also support airline restrictions on animal species other than cats dogs and miniature horses to fly.

Dot regulations on emotional support animals. There are airlines outside of the US. The US Department of Transportation has issued a Notice of Proposed Lawmaking and theyre seeking public comment over the next 60 days. The DOT has supported the airlines rights to restrict animals less than 4 months old from flying as a service or emotional support animal.

Under the new guidelines only dogs may be designated as service animals and owners must attest that they are specially trained to provide services to the passenger among other requirements. Delta has similar regulations requiring passengers traveling with emotional support or psychiatric service animals must complete and submit the required paperwork at least 48 hours before a flight Service and support animals fly for free on the airline but customers are limited to a maximum of one emotional support animal. Last week the DOT essentially rid the already-cramped aluminum tubes of emotional support animals which have heretofore been limited only by the imaginations and temerity.

Requires airlines to treat psychiatric service animals the same as other service animals. The US Department of Transportation published its final rule on Traveling by Air with Service Animals today bringing an end to the Emotional Support Animal ESA era. No longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal.

Allows airlines to require forms developed by DOT attesting to a service animals health behavior and training and if taking a long flight attesting that the service animal can either not relieve itself or can relieve. The Washington Post via Getty Images FILE. That still allow ESAs in the cabin.

In this As airlines are increasing documentation and other requirements for emotional support animals the DOT has now issued final rules on the matter. First the ACAA currently requires airlines to recognize emotional support animals as service animals. The US Department of Transportation no longer classifies an emotional support animal as a service animal.

We will honor reservations submitted and confirmed by Delta prior to January 11 2021 but will not accept new EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL reservations for upcoming travel. Friday August 9 2019 Yesterday the United States Department of Transportation DOT issued guidance to help travelers understand their rights while new regulations are being developed. That means you will no longer be able to bring your dog in the airline cabin with you.