Statute in Full:
Title 62A. Utah Human Services Code. Chapter 5B. Rights and Privileges of a Person with a Disability.
§ 62A-5b-101. Title
This chapter is known as "Rights and Privileges of a Person with a Disability."
Laws 2007, c. 22, § 2, eff. April 30, 2007.
§ 62A-5b-102. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Disability” has the same meaning as defined in 42 U.S.C. 12102 of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as may be amended in the future, and 28 C.F.R. 36.104 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as may be amended in the future. (2) “Restaurant”:
(a) includes any coffee shop, cafeteria, luncheonette, soda fountain, dining room, or fast-food service where food is prepared or served for immediate consumption; and
(b) does not include:
(i) any retail establishment whose primary business or function is the sale of fuel or food items for off-premise, but not immediate, consumption; and
(ii) except for a dinner theater, a theater that sells food items.
(3) “Service animal” means:
(a)(i) a guide dog;
(ii) a signal dog; or
(iii) any other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, including:
(A) guiding a person with impaired vision;
(B) alerting a person with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds;
(C) providing minimal protection or rescue work;
(D) pulling a wheelchair; or
(E) fetching dropped items; or
(b) an animal in training to become an animal described in Subsection (3)(a).
CREDIT(S)
Laws 2007, c. 22, § 3, eff. April 30, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 110, § 1, eff. May 12, 2009.
§ 62A-5b-103. Rights and privileges of a person with a disability
(1) A person with a disability has the same rights and privileges in the use of highways, streets, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public areas as a person who is not a person with a disability.
(2) A person with a disability has equal rights to accommodations, advantages, and facilities offered by common carriers, including air carriers, railroad carriers, motor buses, motor vehicles, water carriers, and all other modes of public conveyance in this state.
(3) A person with a disability has equal rights to accommodations, advantages, and facilities offered by hotels, motels, lodges, and all other places of public accommodation in this state, and to places of amusement or resort to which the public is invited.
(4)(a) A person with a disability has equal rights and access to public and private housing accommodations offered for rent, lease, or other compensation in this state.
(b) This chapter does not require a person renting, leasing, or selling private housing or real property to modify the housing or property in order to accommodate a person with a disability or to provide a higher degree of care for that person than for someone who is not a person with a disability. (c) A person renting, leasing, or selling private housing or real property to a person with a disability shall comply with the provisions of Section 62A-5b-104, regarding the right of the person to be accompanied by a service animal specially trained for that purpose. Laws 2007, c. 22, § 4, eff. April 30, 2007.
§ 62A-5b-104. Right to be accompanied by service animal--Security deposits--Discrimination--Liability--Identification
(1)(a) A person with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal, unless the service animal is a danger or nuisance to others as interpreted under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12102:
(i) in any of the places specified in Section 62A-5b-103; and
(ii) without additional charge for the service animal.
(b) This section does not prohibit an owner or lessor of private housing accommodations from charging a person, including a person with a disability, a reasonable deposit as security for any damage or wear and tear that might be caused by a service animal if the owner or lessor would charge a similar deposit to other persons for potential wear and tear.
(c) An owner or lessor of private housing accommodations may not, in any manner, discriminate against a person with a disability on the basis of the person's possession of a service animal.
(2) A person who is not a person with a disability has the right to be accompanied by an animal that is in training to become a service animal:
(a) in any of the places specified in Section 62A-5b-103; and
(b) without additional charge for the animal.
(3) A person with a disability is liable for any loss or damage caused or inflicted to the premises by the person's service animal.
(4) A person accompanied by a service animal is encouraged to identify the animal by exhibiting one or more of the following:
(a) the animal's laminated identification card;
(b) the animal's service vest; or
(c) another form of identification.
CREDIT(S)
Laws 2007, c. 22, § 5, eff. April 30, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 110, § 2, eff. May 12, 2009.
§ 62A-5b-105. Policy of state to employ persons with a disability
It is the policy of this state that a person with a disability shall be employed in the state service, the service of the political subdivisions of the state, in the public schools, and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as a person who is not a person with a disability, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.
Laws 2007, c. 22, § 6, eff. April 30, 2007.
§ 62A-5b-106. Interference with rights provided in this chapter-- Misrepresentation of rights under this chapter
(1) Any person, or agent of any person, who denies or interferes with the rights provided in this chapter is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(2) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if:
(a) the person intentionally and knowingly falsely represents to another person that an animal is a service animal as defined in Section 62A-5b-102; or (b) the person knowingly and intentionally misrepresents a material fact to a health care provider for the purpose of obtaining documentation from the health care provider necessary to designate an animal as a service animal as defined in Section 62A-5b-102. Laws 2007, c. 22, § 7, eff. April 30, 2007.
§ 62A-5b-107. Annual "White Cane Safety Day" proclaimed
Each year the governor shall take notice of October 15 as White Cane Safety Day.
Laws 2007, c. 22, § 8, eff. April 30, 2007.
West's Utah Code Annotated Currentness. Title 41. Motor Vehicles. Chapter 6A. Traffic Code. Part 10. Pedestrians' Rights and Duties.
§ 41-6a-1007. Operators to yield right-of-way to blind pedestrian--Duties of blind pedestrian--Use of cane--Failure to yield--Liability
(1)(a) The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a blind or visually impaired pedestrian:
(i) carrying a clearly visible white cane; or
(ii) accompanied by a guide dog specially trained for that purpose and equipped with a harness.
(b)(i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), a person who fails to yield the right-of-way is liable for any loss or damage which results as a proximate cause of the failure to yield the right-of-way to blind or visually impaired persons.
(ii) Blind or visually impaired persons shall:
(A) exercise due care in approaching and crossing roadways; and
(B) yield the right-of-way to authorized emergency vehicles giving an audible warning signal.
(2) A pedestrian other than a blind or visually impaired person may not carry a cane as described in Subsection (1).
Laws 2005, c. 2, § 125, eff. Feb. 2, 2005.
Title 18. Dogs. Chapter 1. Injuries by Dogs.
§ 18-1-3. Dogs attacking domestic animals, service animals, hoofed protected wildlife, or domestic fowls
Any person may injure or kill a dog while:
(1) the dog is attacking, chasing, or worrying:
(a) a domestic animal having a commercial value; (b) a service animal, as defined in Section 62A-5b-102; or (c) any species of hoofed protected wildlife; (2) the dog is attacking domestic fowls; or
(3) the dog is being pursued for committing an act described in Subsection (1) or (2).
Laws 1933, c. 17, § 1; Laws 1973, c. 27, § 1; Laws 2000, c. 302, § 1, eff. May 1, 2000; Laws 2007, c. 22, § 1, eff. April 30, 2007.
Title 76. Utah Criminal Code. Chapter 9. Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. Part 3. Cruelty to Animals
§ 76-9-307. Injury to service animals--Penalties
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Disability” has the same meaning as defined in Section 62A-5b-102.
(b) “Search and rescue dog” means a dog:
(i) with documented training to locate persons who are:
(A) lost, missing, or injured; or
(B) trapped under debris as the result of a natural or man-made event; and
(ii) affiliated with an established search and rescue dog organization.
(c) “Service animal” means:
(i) a service animal as defined in Section 62A-5b-102; or
(ii) a search and rescue dog.
(2) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly cause substantial bodily injury or death to a service animal.
(3) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person who owns, keeps, harbors, or exercises control over an animal to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly fail to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent it from causing:
(a) any substantial bodily injury or the death of a service animal; or
(b) the service animal's subsequent inability to function as a service animal as a result of the animal's attacking, chasing, or harassing the service animal.
(4) It is a class B misdemeanor for a person to chase or harass a service animal.
(5) It is a class B misdemeanor for a person who owns, keeps, harbors, or exercises control over an animal to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly fail to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent it from chasing or harassing a service animal while it is carrying out its functions as a service animal, to the extent that the animal temporarily interferes with the service animal's ability to carry out its functions.
(6)(a) A service animal is exempt from quarantine or other animal control ordinances if it bites any person while it is subject to an offense under Subsection (2), (3), (4), or (5).
(b) The owner of the service animal or the person with a disability whom the service animal serves shall make the animal available for examination at any reasonable time and shall notify the local health officer if the animal exhibits any abnormal behavior.
(7) In addition to any other penalty, a person convicted of any violation of this section is liable for restitution to the owner of the service animal or the person with a disability whom the service animal serves for the replacement, training, and veterinary costs incurred as a result of the violation of this section.
(8) If the act committed under this section amounts to an offense subject to a greater penalty under another provision of Title 76, Utah Criminal Code, than is provided under this section, this section does not prohibit prosecution and sentencing for the more serious offense.
CREDIT(S)
Laws 2000, c. 302, § 2, eff. May 1, 2000; Laws 2007, c. 22, § 9, eff. April 30, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 110, § 3, eff. May 12, 2009.
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