1 – Complete The Online Exam
Fill out the brief online questionnaire by navigating down the page to the exam section. 100% refundable if not satisfied.
2 – Doctor Reviews Exam
One of our doctors will review your exam to determine if you are in need of an emotional support animal.
3 – Congratulations! E-Mailed PDF
Your ESA letter will be emailed as an electronic PDF. Optional: Hardcopy and other options are available.
Risk Free 10 Minute Medical ESA Questionnaire – Start Below
1> Complete and submit the Online Exam – 100% Refundable. Sample letter
2> Doctor Reviews Exam – Will respond with approval or follow up questions.
3> Doctor will Email you an Emotional Support Animal PDF letter (optional USPS option for original version)
Regarding United Airlines: Beginning March 1, 2018, United will require additional documentation for customers traveling with an emotional support animal. Currently, customers must provide 48 hours’ notice to the Accessibility Desk and a letter from a licensed medical/mental health professional. For travel on or after March 1, customers will need to also provide a veterinary health form documenting the health and vaccination records for the animal as well as confirming that the animal has appropriate behavioral training.
Stuck? Please download the manual PDF exam~ you can print, fill out, and email it back to “support (at) emotionalpetsupport.com”.
About Emotional Pet Support
Whether you live in an apartment, condo, or house, you have the legal right to have a pet in your residence to treat your medical condition! Knowing how valuable a pet can be for treating many psychological and physical symptoms, our mission at Emotional Pet Support could not be more simple: to increase awareness about the Fair Housing Act while qualifying as many individuals as possible to own an emotional support animal in their home.
At Emotional Pet Support we not only have a passion for animals, but also helping our members get through their days and nights as comfortable as possible. Fusing animals and humans together in a happy and loving home environment is why we started this business, not to mention that a lack of public knowledge and overall suppression of the truth by landlords and property management companies is why we wanted to make it a household name.
Ultimately, we came to the conclusion that lifting the veil of the Fair Housing act to educate the American people was not only necessary, but long overdue. At the end of the day, the best part about doing what we do – besides turning our passion into a business – is making rental living pet friendly. Sample ESA letter.
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For a person to legally qualify for an emotional support animal (ESA), he/she must be considered emotionally disabled by a licensed mental health professional (therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.), as evidenced by a properly formatted prescription letter. Some airlines and property managers will accept a verification form completed by a family doctor, however.
The letter should state that:
- You are currently his/her patient
- Are under his/her care for the treatment of mental disability found in the DSM IV or V (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 4 or 5).
- Your disability substantially limits at least one major life activity
- He/she prescribes for you an emotional support animal as a necessary treatment for your mental health.
In addition, the letter must be dated, written on his/her letterhead, include his/her license type, number, date of license, and state in which the license was issued. View a Sample ESA letter. Remember that we at Emotional Pet Support can help prescribe such a letter and you can begin by taking our 10-minute exam.
The Air Carrier Access Act 49 U.S.C. 41705, Dept. of Transportation 14 C.F.R. Part 382, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 are the laws that protect an emotionally disabled person and his/her ESA.
The legal protections an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) has are to:
- Fly with its emotionally or psychologically disabled handler in the cabin of an aircraft without being charged a pet fee.
- Qualify for no-pet housing (that also includes limited size, breed, or species housing) without being charged a pet fee.
No other public or private entity (motels, restaurants, stores, trains, taxis, buses, theaters, parks, beaches, libraries, zoos, etc.) is required to allow your ESA to accompany you and in all other instances, your ESA has no more rights than a pet. That means they aren’t protected by law to accompany you into any public place that does not allow pets. That doesn’t mean these places won’t let you, it just means that they are not required to, by law.
- Accept a friendly stranger
- Sit politely for petting
- Walk on a lead
- Walk calmly through a crowd
- Sit, get down, and stay in place on command
- Come when called
- Behave politely around other dogs or cats
- React appropriately to distractions
Since that time, the provisions have been modified, providing a greater scope of protection for service animals (SAs) and emotional support animals (ESAs), as well as the individuals who own them or utilize their services. However, it is very important to understand that ESAs are not permitted to be in as many places as service animals.
Rules to consider: There are three general categories of animals who may be considered under these regulations:
Emotional support animals: These animals are not always specifically trained, but serve as comfort to individuals with a documented mental health condition. There is no restriction for the breed of emotional support animals because all domesticated animals can serve as ESAs.
Therapy animals: These animals are usually evaluated and registered by an agency and provide emotional support to individuals who need them. They are often used in hospitals, nursing homes and in school reading programs such as Reading Educational Assistance Dogs.
Service animals: These animals have been specially trained to perform tasks their owner can’t do on his or her own. Guide dogs for the blind are perhaps the most well known in this category. Service animals are not required by law to wear vests or have any form of identification.
Eighteen states, including Virginia, Colorado and California, have laws that criminalize fraudulent representation of a service animal. These violations are usually misdemeanors, but repeated violations can result in jail time. West Virginia is not one of the 18 states, however, businesses could pursue a trespassing charge if a second incident occurs. Play it safe with an ESA!
