The Oklahoma Bar Journal March 2024

Note on Certification, Registration and Licensing of Animals Neither federal nor Oklahoma law requires your companion helper to have any identifiers or signage as to their invaluable role in your life. Although there is no Oklahoma law specific to this issue, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits inquiries of any sort of certification. 8 Moreover, one is not permitted to “ask about the person’s disability, require medical documentation, require a special identification card or training doc umentation for the dog, or ask that the dog demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task.” 9 For ease with flying though, it can be worth a simple purchase of items, such as a harness or leash, that designates your companions’ duties and/or classification as a service dog. Is Your Co-Pilot an Official Co-Pup? Unfortunately, no service animal in training qualifies for its flying wings until complet ing such training. 10 So make sure before attempting to fly with your service animal that those co-pup wings have been awarded.

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