P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 201

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§ 201. Right of person with disability to be accompanied by animal helper

Any person with a disability who is accompanied by a duly trained animal helper, authorized by a competent authority, is hereby authorized to travel in any train, launch, bus, taxi, public car, or any other means of transportation. Said person is also authorized to enter any cafeteria, hotel, motel, restaurant, hospital, tourist cabin, building, establishment, and park, as well as recreational, sports, and artistic performance facilities, or bathing resort, public establishments, or any other facilities available to the public accompanied by said animal. Said person with a disability shall not be required to pay any additional sum to enter his/her animal into said establishments.

The person with a disability may keep his/her animal helper by his side during the entire time he/she remains in any of the public places or vehicles mentioned above, provided said animal is under his immediate custody and is duly identified.

History —May 29, 1970, No. 51, p. 117, § 1; May 17, 1979, No. 46, p. 103; Dec. 21, 1994, No. 141, § 1.