Dot Regulations On Emotional Support Animals

DOTs new rule also no longer requires airlines to recognize emotional support animals with the agency citing a number of reasons for the change.

Dot regulations on emotional support animals. Department of Transportation DOT Delta will no longer recognize emotional support animals as service animals beginning January 11 2021. 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. Unless it complies with the airlines pet policy.

That means you will no longer be able to bring your dog in the airline cabin with you. The DOT has supported the airlines rights to restrict animals less than 4 months old from flying as a service or emotional support 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.

As part of the DOTs final rule on traveling by air with service animals the department has given airlines permission to strip emotional support animals ESAs of the service animal treatment. It will also support airline restrictions on animal species other than cats dogs and miniature horses to fly. In this As airlines are increasing documentation and other requirements for emotional support animals the DOT has now issued final rules on the matter.

That still allow ESAs in the cabin. The US Department of Transportation no longer classifies an emotional support animal as a service animal. In accordance with the final rule from the US.

No longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal. First the ACAA currently requires airlines to recognize emotional support animals as service animals. Emotional Support and Psychiatric Service Animals- Airlines can request specific documentation andor 48-hours advanced notice for service animals that are emotional support animals and psychiatric service animals.

Requires airlines to treat psychiatric service animals the same as other service animals. The US Department of Transportation rule announced Wednesday states that carriers are not required to recognize emotional support animals as service animals and may treat them as pets. Requiring documentation for psychiatric support animals and emotional support animals.