NOTICE FOR REINSTATEMENT OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED COLLECTIONS: SERVICE ANIMAL FORMS
May 9, 2024
On April 29, 2024, DOT published a Notice of and Request for Comments regarding the two forms carriers may require from passengers traveling with service animals. These two forms are the DOT Service Animal Air Transportation Form and the DOT Service Animal Relief Attestation Form, the latter of which can only be requested when a passenger is traveling with a service animal on a flight segment scheduled to take eight hours or more. The Service Animal Air Transportation Form is designed to ensure that a service animal is vaccinated against rabies and has been trained to behave in a public setting. The Service Animal Relief Attestation Form is designed to ensure that the service animal will not need to relieve itself on the flight or that the animal can relieve itself in a way that does not create a health or sanitation issue. Generally, these are the only documentation that a carrier is permitted to require from passengers traveling with service animals. The public has thirty (30) days for public comment after which the Agency will render a decision. Comments are invited concerning the renewal of the Relief Attestation Form and regarding the formatting and clarity amendments made to the Behavior and Health Attestation Form.
If you have any questions, please contact Evelyn Sahr at 202.659.6622 or esahr@eckertseamans.com; Drew Derco at 202-659-6665 or dderco@eckertseamans.com; Jay Julien at 202.659.6648 or jjulien@eckertseamans.com, or any other attorney at Eckert Seamans with whom you have been working.
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