Are psychiatric service dogs (PSDs) recognized in Maryland?

What the law says

28 C.F.R. § 36.104 includes psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability in the disabilities a service animal may be trained to assist. DOJ guidance confirms: "Psychiatric service dogs that are trained to recognize and respond to specific tasks are service animals."

Source: 28 C.F.R. § 36.302(c) (DOJ ADA service-animal regulation) ↗

In plain language

The ADA — which applies in Maryland — recognizes psychiatric service dogs as service animals when the dog is individually trained to perform specific tasks tied to a psychiatric disability. Trained tasks might include interrupting self-harm, performing deep-pressure therapy on cue, alerting to dissociation, room-clearing in a crowded space, or interrupting a panic episode. A PSD has the same public-access rights as any other service dog. The dog's training and the trained task — not the type of disability — determine whether the dog qualifies under the ADA.