Unlawful to refuse service of public transportation or charge additional fee to certain persons accompanied by service animal.
1. It is unlawful for a common motor carrier of passengers or other means of public conveyance or transportation operating in this State to:
(a) Refuse service to a person with a visual, aural or physical disability because he is accompanied by a service animal;
(b) Refuse service to a person who is training a service animal because he is accompanied by the service animal; or
(c) Charge an additional fee for a service animal.
2. This section does not relieve a person with a visual, aural or physical disability who is accompanied by a service animal or a person who trains a service animal from liability for damage which may be caused by the service animal.
3. Persons with visual, aural or physical disabilities accompanied by service animals on common motor carriers of passengers or other means of public conveyance or transportation operating in this State are subject to the same conditions and limitations that apply to persons without disabilities who are not so accompanied.
4. As used in this section, “service animal” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.097.
Last modified: February 26, 2006