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Updated January 24, 2005
Terms and Conditions Our site and its
related products and services are provided subject to your compliance with the
Terms and Conditions specified below. Your continued use of our site will
indicate your agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you
do not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, please exit our
site. We appreciate your cooperation.
1. Use of this
Site. The information contained in our site is offered
solely for your consideration, and is subject to your verification. It is
not to be taken as a representation or warranty for which Pediatrix Medical
Group, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Pediatrix") assumes legal
responsibility, nor does Pediatrix grant permission to use or practice anything
contained therein, or recommend such use or practice.
Information contained in our site is not intended to be a substitute for
professional medical advice. The information provided in our site should not be
used for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. A licensed
physician should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical
conditions. Furthermore, the information in our site should not be used
during any medical emergency. Call 911 for all medical
emergencies.
The contents of this site may be viewed and accessed only for your personal,
non-commercial use, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices
are retained on any copies made of the materials. The materials at this site may
not be modified in any way or reproduced or distributed or used for any public
or commercial purpose unless expressly permitted. Any use or display of
the materials on this site for any purpose is prohibited. The materials at this
site are copyrighted and any unauthorized use of these materials may violate
copyright, trademark, and other laws. If you breach any of these terms, your
authorization to use this site is terminated and you must immediately destroy
any downloaded or printed materials.
2. Links to Other
Sites. Please note that our site may contain links to other sites
and we cannot represent or guarantee that these other sites’ legal policies or
terms and conditions of use will conform to our own. We encourage you to
read the policies of each linked site you may choose to visit. These links
are provided for your convenience. The information, products and
advertisements contained in linked sites are neither approved nor endorsed by
Pediatrix.
3. Disclaimer. We make no warranty whatsoever,
express or implied, including any warranty as to accuracy, completeness or
timeliness, concerning the information contained on or linked through this site,
and you should not assume that such information is accurate, complete or the
most up-to-date information available. We shall not be liable for any loss,
claim or damages caused in whole or in part by our provision of, or your use of,
any of the information contained on, or linked through, this site. We hereby
disclaim any express statutory or implied warranties, including, without
limitation, warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. Information published at this site may refer to products,
programs or services that are not available in your country or
region.
4. Limitation on Liability. IN NO EVENT
WILL PEDIATRIX, ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED AT
THIS SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING
OUT OF THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS SITE, ANY
WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR THE MATERIALS OR INFORMATION CONTAINED AT ANY
OR ALL SUCH SITES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
5. Public Forums. This site may contain message boards,
discussion groups and similar forums for users to post information. Any
information that you may disclose in these areas becomes publicly available. You
should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personally identifiable
information in these areas. We do not maintain or routinely monitor information
posted on any message board or discussion group on our site; however, we reserve
the right to remove any postings that we deem inappropriate. We do not
warrant the validity or accuracy of information posted by users of our site and
such information is neither approved nor endorsed by Pediatrix.
See our Notice of Privacy
Practices for
information regarding the use and disclosure of protected health
information.
Any information, materials or other
communication you transmit or post to this site will be considered
non-confidential and non-proprietary. Subject to our Privacy
Statement, Pediatrix will have no
obligations with respect to such communications and may be free to copy,
disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the communications and all
data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all
commercial or non-commercial purposes. You are prohibited from posting or
transmitting to or from this site any unlawful, threatening, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any
law.
6. Privacy Statement. Please review our policies on privacy: Privacy Statement.
7. Choice of Law
and Venue. These Terms and Conditions are entered into in the State
of Florida and shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Florida, exclusive of its choice of law rules. Each party to these Terms
and Conditions submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida for any dispute with
Pediatrix, or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers,
directors, and content providers. If any provision of these Terms and
Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction,
the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and
effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further
or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or
condition.
8. Modifications and Updates. We may
modify and update these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting to this
site. Please periodically review the terms, conditions, and privacy
statements posted on our site. Continued usage of our site will be considered
acceptance of any changes. Certain provisions of these Terms and
Conditions may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms on
particular pages within this site.
9. Contacting
Us. We welcome your questions and comments regarding our Terms and
Conditions and anything else on this site. Please e-mail us at information@pediatrix.com.
10. Practice Affiliates. The physicians and other
clinical personnel in our network are employed by or otherwise affiliated with
entities and professional corporations affiliated with Pediatrix Medical Group,
Inc. Such entities and professional corporations are often referred to as
our "affiliates." References in this site to Pediatrix or Pediatrix
Medical Group are intended to include Pediatrx Medical Group, Inc. and its
affiliates.
11. All Rights Reserved. © 2004 Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. All text, graphics, sound files, animation files, video
files ("Materials") and their arrangement on our site are the property of
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. and are subject to copyright and other
intellectual property protection. These Materials may not be copied in whole or
in part for commercial use or distribution, nor may they be modified or reposted
to other sites. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
acknowledges a limited exception to the foregoing restriction on use of
Materials to allow a contributor to its Pediatrix University content (a
"Contributor") to use the Materials actually provided by the Contributor for the
Contributor's personal, non-commercial use. In all other respects, the use,
reproduction, and/or re-transmission by any means of any of the Material
contained in this site without the written permission of Pediatrix Medical
Group, Inc. is strictly prohibited. Pediatrix Medical Group®, Obstetrix Medical
Group®, Pediatrix University®,
Pediatrix ScreeningTM, BabySteps®,
StepOneTM , and Soundata®
are among the trademarks and servicemarks owned by Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
These marks and any others mentioned in this site may only be used with written
permission of Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
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