2015 Iowa Code
TITLE VI - HUMAN SERVICES
SUBTITLE 1 - SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
CHAPTER 216C - RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Section 216C.10 - Use of hearing dog.
1. A deaf or hard-of-hearing person has the right to be accompanied by a hearing dog, under control and especially trained 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 premises or facility by a hearing dog.
2. 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.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1263
601D.10
216C.10
93 Acts, ch 75, §5, 2010 Acts, ch 1079, §8
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