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- Complete the OARS Application
- Submit documentation from a licensed provider - Documentation should include a recommendation and rationale for an ESA accommodationfor the use of a service animal. Please note: Bethel’s Counseling Services office does not qualify as a licensed provider. Documentation may be uploaded to the application, emailed to accessibility-services@bethel.edu, faxed to 651.638.6307, or brought to the OARS office, RC200.
- Complete the Roommate Release Form - This form allows OARS to communicate with your roommate requesting their consent to live with an approved service animal. All roommates will be required to complete a Roommate Agreement Form.
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Service Animal Approval Process:
- Student completes OARS application and submits all required documentation.
- Student meets with Residence Life to discuss animal care and responsibilities in the residence halls.
- Student sends Faculty Notification Letter (FNL) each semester to their professors to make them aware of the service animal accommodation. Faculty Notification Letter communication will read as follows:
Faculty Notification Letter - (notification of Accommodation): "The student uses a service animal. The Service animal may accompany a service animal student partner at all times and in all campus locations (with the exception of areas where animals are prohibited for health or safety restrictions and should then follow the Service Animal Lab Policy). It is the student’s responsibility to follow the guidelines and protocols outlined in the Service Animal Agreement to ensure safety and that the service animal is not a distraction in the classroom. It is the professor’s responsibility to accommodate the service animal in the classroom as needed."
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