Every person with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal, specially trained for that person, in any place listed in § 40-9.1-1 without being required to pay an extra charge for the personal assistance animal. Each person with a disability using a service animal is solely liable for any damage done to persons, premises, or facilities by the service animal.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-9.1-2
Service animals in public places
P.L. 1975, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 159, § 7; P.L. 1997, ch. 85, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 96, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 131, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.