A Doctor's Liability with ESA's

[Kierstin Baker]

Does a doctor who signs a letter for an emotional support animal have any legal or financial responsibility for damages caused to a property? If they can be sued for prescribing the wrong medication, and an ESA is a prescription, then I feel that they should be legally responsible if the tenant is not capable of caring for the animal and the property in tandem. Why should they be able to write a prescription with no worry of the consequences? I'm speaking specifically of doctors that sign for an animal after treating theirpatient once. (Can you tell this is happening to me right now?) Would it be legal to have a document given to the doctor, by the tenant, that says they are willing to be legally responsible for their decision of signing for the comfort animal?