Guide dogs.

Existing law, until January 1, 2014, provides for the licensure and regulation of guide dog training schools and instructors, and other matters pertaining to guide dogs by the State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind. Existing law provides that title of ownership of a trained guide dog may be transferred from the training school to the user as evidenced by a transfer of title agreement between the parties, and that the school may retain the option to recover title and possession to the guide dog under certain conditions, including, but not limited to, if the blind person to whom the dog was furnished has ceased to use the dog as a guide dog and the dog is not too old to be retrained as a guide for another blind person. This bill would add to the latter provision that the school may recover title and possession of the guide dog if the dog is not too ailing to be retrained as a guide dog for another blind person.