In order to assure the health and safety of all persons on properties owned or controlled by Columbia Basin College, the following rules and regulations regarding animals on campus are hereby promulgated: No person will be permitted to bring any animal upon properties owned or controlled by Columbia Basin College unless such animal is a service animal as defined in RCW 70.84.021 and is under the immediate control of such person. Animals are prohibited from being on college grounds and from entering college buildings, with the following exceptions:

(1) Service animals;

(2) Events at which animals are participants;

(3) When animals are part of an academic program.

Owners shall have immediate physical control of their animals (for example: Leashed, caged or carried) while on the grounds of Columbia Basin College.

Exceptions to this section may be authorized by the college president or his or her designee(s).