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Certification is entirely private. Programs may certify (like canine companions for independence or paws with a cause or SPCA hearing dog program) or an individual trainer may certify. But there's not a law that standardizes any kind of certification. Nothing is to say that a person who trains their own hearing dog cant certify their own dog unless there's a state law that says it has to be a nonprofit organization. Yeah this makes for a lot of problems with untrained dogs or whatever but it is good cuz not everyone can wait to get a hearing dog from a program. But the federal ADA law says that anyone can even train their own hearing dog. My hearing dog isn't certified. Because of that she is protected by federal law but not by my state law.
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