Hi Deena, UNC has an Animals On Campus Policy in its Environmental, Health and Safety Manual that covers therapy animals as well as assistance and emotional support animals: http://ehs.unc.edu/manuals/ehsmanual/2-7/. Excerpt below: Therapy Animals A "Therapy Animal" is an animal trained to provide a health benefit to a particular population, such as hospital patients. Therapy Animals are permitted on campus where a unit determines their presence may be beneficial in the course of University business and must be approved by the head of that unit. Therapy Animals are not required to be formally certified, although units wishing to use Therapy Animals to provide a benefit to the University community should use their judgment in selecting animals that will not disrupt University business.
Hope this helps. -T Atinuke "Tinu" O. Diver, J.D. Associate Director, Office of Ethics Education and Policy Management Office of the Chancellor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 134 E. Franklin Street Room 110B CB# 4110 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-4110 P: 919-445-8364 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ethicsandintegrity.unc.edu<http://ethicsandintegrity.unc.edu/> policies.unc.edu<http://www.policies.unc.edu/> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McCord, Deena Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 9:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [acupa-l] Animal Assisted Intervention (therapy dogs) Good morning, Does anyone have a policy that addresses therapy animals (as opposed to Service Animals or Emotional Support Animals)? Was curious if/when you might permit those on campus, and if so, would it be restricted to canines or open to other types of therapy animals? V/r, Deena McCord Policy Manager Department of Organizational Development Division of Vice President for Finance and Administration 940-565-4535 Replying to Messages: Replying (using Reply) to an ACUPA-L e-mail will distribute your message to the ENTIRE list of members. To send a message privately, reply directly to the individual who sent the message (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). To Unsubscribe or for questions about the ACUPA e-list, Contact Joshua Adams at j<mailto:[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]?subject=Question%20About%20the%20ACUPA%20E-list> or 607-255-8279.
