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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-1107

  • Assistance dog: means any guide dog, hearing assistance dog or service dog. See Kansas Statutes 39-1113
  • Hearing assistance dog: means a dog which is specially selected, trained and tested to alert or warn individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to specific sounds. See Kansas Statutes 39-1113

Every person who is deaf or hard of hearing has the right to be accompanied by a hearing assistance dog, specially selected, trained and tested for the purpose of hearing assistance, in or upon any of the places listed in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-1101, and amendments thereto, in the acquisition and use of rental, residential housing and in the purchase and use of residential housing without being required to pay an extra charge for the hearing assistance dog. The person who is deaf or hard of hearing shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by such dog.