9. Whenever the law accords rights and privileges to or imposes conditions and restrictions upon blind persons with respect to their use of dogs to countervail their disability, and known and described as “seeing eye” dogs, those rights, privileges, conditions and restrictions shall also apply to persons with disabilities with respect to their use of dogs to countervail their disability, and known and described as either “service dogs” or “hearing ear” dogs.

L.1980,c.46,s.9; amended 1983, c.485, s.8; 2003, c.180, s.23.