California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 22 - State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind
Article 5 - Miscellaneous
Section 2293 - School Requirements Regarding Continued Use of a Guide Dog

Universal Citation: 16 CA Code of Regs 2293

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

(a) Except for circumstances described in Business and Professions Code section 7215.6(f), whenever a school retains title to a trained guide dog and decides not to permit the continued use of the dog by its user, the school shall do all of the following:

(1) Issue a written letter of intent to the user that the school intends not to permit continued use of the dog.

(2) Provide the user a copy of the law and regulations pertaining to the arbitration provisions of Chapter 9.5 of Division 3 of the Code (commencing with section 7215.6).

(3) Provide the user with a record of the Board's name, physical address, web site address, and telephone number.

(4) The items described above shall be provided to the user by personal delivery, by first class mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested, or substantially similar means designed to ensure actual notice to the user as determined by the Board in its discretion.

(b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall be performed within 30 calendar days of the school decision not to permit the user's continued use of the dog.

(c) A user may waive his or her rights to notice and arbitration under subsection (a). To be valid, the waiver must be in writing, signed by the user and executed either after the user has been informed of the school's intent not to permit continued use of the dog or after the dog has been out of the user's physical custody for 30 calendar days.

1. New section filed 5-10-2005; operative 6-9-2005 (Register 2005, No. 19).

Note: Authority cited: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7208(c), 7215.5 and 7215.6, Business and Professions Code.

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