According to the law, assistance dogs must be welcome everywhere

Weld People who depend on an assistance dog in parabienesBecause this issue is finally regulated that often limited its mobility. From now on they will be able to enter all the public and private spaces they want.

This Including beaches (they cannot come in) markets, restaurants, cultural branches, sports, sanitary, etc. because it is a national norm, so that in the case of overlaping with the regionalThis is the one who prevails.

This A long fight ends that the group had to suffer so that it became clear that these dogs are not ‘pets’, but it is essential that they go with their owners So that they can have good quality of life and a greater degree of independence.

Royal Regulation and Welfare Decree for help dogs

On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree drawn up by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 for Regulate the activity and good with the help of dogs that serve people with disabilities, people with autistic spectrum disorder, people with pathologies wearing recurring crises with sensory decoupling and also women of victims of gender and sexual violence.

It is a new Royal Decree that supplements the legislation that is provided by every autonomous community around this type of animal and replaces a rule of 1983 at the level of the state that is currently in force. One of the most important novelties of This amendment to the law is that people who need these assistance dogs will be guaranteed their rights and those of their animals for all SpainAs a result of which the legal recognition they have currently extended and that is limited to the autonomous community where the badge was granted for this service.

Through this Royal Decree, the Ministry of Pablo Bustinduy ensures that that All those people who need an assistance dog have access to these animals to public and private places for public use, everywhere in SpainRegardless of the autonomous community in which it is, to ensure that they are not discriminated against.

This means that they have access to educational, cultural, sports or health centers, except in operating rooms and other areas in which special hygienic conditions have to be guaranteed. They also have access to commercial institutions, supermarkets, markets or food shops, as well as tourist accommodations, hospitality and restoration, museums and theaters. In addition, Access to beaches, recreational areas will be allowed to do pools of swimming pools and water parks, provided that the animal has no access to the water.

Pablo Bustinduy presented this royal decision of Moncloa, at the press conference after the Council of Ministers. In his appearance, the Minister of Social Rights has emphasized This standard will have a fundamental impact on the rights of these people, because these assistance dogs are an element that contributes to their autonomy and their independent life“While fighting loneliness for which these people are confronted many occasions,” he added.

Access without limitations

Similarly, the minister emphasized that this Royal Decree will have Positive effect on female victims of gender and sexual violence, because it guarantees that they have access, together with their assistance dogto hiding places, auxiliary centers or branches of a similar nature.

On the other hand, the royal decree Acknowledge at the level of the state level The relationship between the person with a disability and their assistance dog as a unit on the national territory, and arranges that the formation that these animals must receive for the performance of their functions are offered by accredited or officially recognized in education, socialization and training of dog From help, belong to entities or are specialized autonomous professionals.

This is added that the regulations include specific measures to improve the wells of assistance dogs, care and respect obligations for users and for entities or professionals responsible for improving their training. Another remarkable novelty is that the new regulations the The right of these dogs to rest because it has been established that they can stop serving when they turn 10, and also maintain their right to access public use spaces once they have actively passed on their time.

Dogs will keep their rights once their service is fulfilled

Finally, the regulations in terms of disability develop the rights recognized in the Constitution after the recent reform of Article 49, which the Full inclusion and equal opportunities for people with disabilities.

In addition, Update Spanish legislation with regard to this type of help, according to the basis of personal autonomy, admission to the community and universal accessibility They were determined with the approval of the International Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, ratified by Spain in 2006.

At the same time, the aim of offering a more independent life for blind or visual handicaps aim. The Royal Decree also refers to people with other disabilities that require An assistance dog, such as people with hearing disorder or with deafblind who require trained dogs to warn of sound emission and their origins.

People with Physical disability that requires trained dogs, such as support and help with activities of daily life; People with autistic spectrum disorders that must be assisted by trained dogs To promote your personal autonomy; or people with pathologies who wear recurring crises with sensory decoupling and that must be accompanied by one dog trained to warn of a medical alert.