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Originally Posted by yorkiemini

Well, yes, there are sort of laws! By that I mean agency policies with rules about therapy dogs.

It may be regional but in several states I have worked in agencies require Therapy Dog Certification. Which means they have completed a formal course and we're tested. My local hospitals and the senior centers here require it partly because of the liability insurance that comes with the certification.

Additionally, most the hospitals we go to will not take certified therapy dogs that are on raw diet. The infection control officer in those hospitals makes that decision depending upon how they see the rinks for their patients.

I know the local children's hospital will not allow a patient to keep a service dog with them who is on a raw diet.

All of that being said, there may be just as many agencies who don't care, I just have not come across them in the large metropolitan cities I live in. But ones does have to check.

I believe in my area therapy dogs must be certified. I think it is like that in most places anymore.