Goldsboro Physical Therapy welcomes service and support animals in the clinic. We’re here to work with you to make sure you receive the highest quality care we can provide.
To protect public health, Goldsboro Physical Therapy requires all dogs and cats-including service and support animals to be current on all vaccinations. Dogs and cats can be vaccinated against rabies at a minimum of 12 weeks (three months) of age and must wait an additional 30 days for the vaccine to become effective.
Service and Support Animal Guidelines
For the safety and health of everyone, we require patient’s accompanied by an emotional support animals have appropriate documentation. Each patient will be limited to one emotional support animal. Additionally, we do not accept pit bull type dogs as service or support animals.
Trained Service Animals
We recommend all patients with a trained service animal carry the animal’s current veterinary health form. GPT reserves the right to request those documents at any time. Patients must have a current Veterinary Health Form and/or an immunization record on file or other proof of current vaccination.
Emotional Support & Psychiatric Service Animals
Complete the Emotional Support and Psychiatric Service Animal documentation before bringing the animal into the clinic. Currently, we require documentation that is no more than a year old from a certified mental health professional indicating need for an emotional support animal, plus certification of the animal’s health including rabies shot verification.
Inappropriate Service or Support Animal Behavior
We know that service and support animals are highly-trained working animals. We will only refuse entry of the animal if it engages in disruptive or aggressive behavior such as:
- Growling
- Biting
- Jumping on patients or staff
- Relieving themselves inside of the facility
- Barking excessively, not in response to a handler’s need or distress
Animals Not Permitted
We do not permit the following as service or support animals, as these animals pose safety and/or public health concerns. If you have additional questions, please contact us at 919-734-1311.
- Small mammals or pocket pets (e.g. hedgehogs, sugar gliders, rabbits , chinchillas, prairie dogs, ferrets)
- Insects and spiders
- Rodents (e.g. mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs)
- Reptiles (e.g. Snakes, lizards, turtles)
- Amphibians (e.g. frogs, salamanders)
- Non-household birds (e.g. farm poultry, peafowl, waterfowl, game bird, & birds of prey)
- Animals improperly cleaned and/or with a foul odor
- Animals with tusks, horns or hooves (e.g. goats, pigs)
