DCHAS-L Archives, Aug 28, 2025 - Re: [DCHAS-L] Service Dogs in Teaching Laboratory

Thank you all for your responses and resources! This has been extremely helpful. We have a request form that has guidance and specifies that only service dogs are permitted. I haven't heard from the student, but I have spoken to the professor, my director, and the stockroom manager about this matter.

I haven't heard from the student yet, but we plan to have guidelines set in place to meet with the student, their ADA counselor, the TA coordinator, and the TA to discuss the risks and get a clearer idea of the needs of the student.

Kayla Johnson, MS (she/her)
CAS and RSENR Lab Safety Coordinator

Kayla.L.Johnson**At_Symbol_Here**uvm.edu

University of Vermont
667 Spear St
Burlington, VT 05405

https://www.uvm.edu/safety

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Hello,

Marta Guron from Penn EHRS here. We have a student with a service dog in one of our research labs. Happy to chat about what accommodations were made for the student if that's helpful.

Best,

Marta

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM Chung, Andrew <000015259e158d13-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**lists.princeton.edu> wrote:

Get your organization’s disability/accessibility office to take point. Don’t try to tackle an ADA reasonable accommodation request by yourself. EH&S can offer input on what are reasonable and safe things to in a lab space, but let the disability/accessibility folks make sure you’re not running afoul of ADA requirements.

Regards,

Andrew

Andrew H. Chung, M.S., CCHO

Chemical Hygiene Officer

Environment, Health, and Safety

University of California, San Francisco

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Hello, I'm reaching out as I got contacted by a professor about a student bringing a service dog in an organic/biochemistry lab for nursing students. We had a request back in 2023 by my predecessor, so we have the documentation for this request.

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Hello,

I'm reaching out as I got contacted by a professor about a student bringing a service dog in an organic/biochemistry lab for nursing students. We had a request back in 2023 by my predecessor, so we have the documentation for this request. This is raising concerns for me, the professor, and chemical stockroom personnel, and I plan to have a discussion with the student and TA and Chemical Stockroom Manager.

Does anyone have experience with service dogs in lab spaces?

Thank you,

Kayla Johnson, MS (she/her)
CAS and RSENR Lab Safety Coordinator

Kayla.L.Johnson**At_Symbol_Here**uvm.edu

University of Vermont
667 Spear St
Burlington, VT 05405

https://www.uvm.edu/safety

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