Under the ADA (28 C.F.R. § 36.302) and Hawaii Revised Statutes § 347-13, a task-trained psychiatric service dog may accompany you in stores, restaurants, and other public places. Under DOT rules (14 C.F.R. Part 382), airlines must accept trained psychiatric service dogs in the cabin at no charge. The same task-trained dog is protected in housing under the federal Fair Housing Act: no pet deposits, no pet rent, no breed restrictions.
Under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 347-2.6, presenting an untrained pet as a service animal is a civil violation, with a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $250 for the first violation and not less than $500 for a second violation and each violation thereafter, which is why our clinicians issue letters only after a real evaluation. If a business wrongly denies your task-trained service dog, file a complaint with the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission or with the U.S. Department of Justice at ada.gov.