216C.10 - USE OF HEARING DOG. - Iowa Statutes

216C.10 USE OF HEARING DOG. A deaf or hard-of-hearing person has the right to be accompanied by a hearing dog, under control and especially trained at a recognized training facility 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 premise or facility by a hearing dog. 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.          Section History: Recent Form 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1263 C87, § 601D.10 C93, § 216C.10 93 Acts, ch 75, § 5