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Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title N - Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
Article 242 - Offenses Against Service Animals and Handlers
242.00 - Definitions.
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NY Penal L § 242.00 (2021)
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§ 242.00 Definitions.For purposes of this article:
1. "Service animal" shall mean any animal that has been partnered with a person who has a disability and has been trained or is being trained, by a qualified person, to aid or guide a person with a disability.
2. "Disability" shall have the same meaning as provided in section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.
3. "Handler" shall mean a disabled person using a service animal.
4. "Formal training program" or "certified trainer" shall mean an institution, group or individual who has documentation and community recognition as a provider of service animals.
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