Under the ADA (28 C.F.R. § 36.302) and Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-7-112, 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 Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-304, presenting an untrained pet as a service animal is a Class B misdemeanor, plus 100 hours of court-ordered community service, 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 Tennessee Attorney General’s Civil Rights Enforcement Division or with the U.S. Department of Justice at ada.gov.