Terms + Conditions of Use of Website

This website is provided as an online patient information service by Steward Family Medicine subject to your agreement with all of the terms and conditions offered below. Read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the service. By accessing or using the service, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions below, which are intended to be fully effective and binding upon Steward Family Medicine and its users. Steward Family Medicine may modify this Agreement at any time, and such modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the modified Agreement. You agree to review the Agreement periodically to be aware of such modifications, and your accessing or using the service is your acceptance of the Agreement as it appears at the time of your access or use.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SERVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR IMPLIED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR IN-PERSON, PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL BEFORE STARTING ANY NEW TREATMENT, MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT CURRENT TREATMENT, OR REGARDING ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT A MEDICAL CONDITION. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE IS INTENDED TO BE FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT.

You understand that Steward Family Medicine cannot and does not guarantee that files available for downloading through the service will be free of "viruses," "worms," "trojan horses" or other code that may contain contaminating or destructive properties.

Each user is responsible for implementing sufficient procedures to satisfy his particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the service for the reconstruction of any lost data. Steward Family Medicine does not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of the service. Steward Family Medicine MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE, ANY MERCHANDISE, INFORMATION, OR SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SPECIFIED, Steward Family Medicine DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OPINIONS, ADVICE, SERVICES, MERCHANDISE OR OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY. IN NO EVENT WILL Steward Family Medicine BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE.

You agree to use the service for lawful purposes only. You may not post or transmit through the service any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without the service's expressed prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by you that in our discretion restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the service will not be permitted. You will not use the service to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other on-line information services.

The service contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music, and sound, and the entire contents of the service are copyrighted as a collective work under U.S. copyright laws. The service owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the expressed permission of the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. You will not upload, post, or otherwise make available on the service any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the expressed permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with you. You will be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.

By submitting material to any public area of the service, you automatically grant or warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted Steward Family Medicine the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material.

You also permit any other user to access, view, store, or reproduce the material for that user's personal use. You hereby grant Steward Family Medicine the right to edit, copy, publish, and distribute any material made available by you.

The foregoing provisions are for the benefit of Steward Family Medicine, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its third-party content providers and licensors, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf. Potential users in any jurisdiction in the world, the common, statutory, regulatory, or codified law of which would void this Agreement in whole or in any essential part (the essential parts being at least, but not only, the exclusive venue and exclusive remedy provisions, and warranty disclaimer), or which makes accessing the service illegal, are unauthorized to use the service, and do so entirely at their own risk.

IN NO EVENT SHALL Steward Family Medicine BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR ANY OTHER MONETARY OR OTHER DAMAGES, FEES, FINES, PENALTIES, OR LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS SERVICE, OR SITES ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SERVICE, AND/OR CONTENT OR INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN. A USER'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SERVICE IS TO STOP USING THE SERVICE.

Steward Family Medicine shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the service, including chat rooms and forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request.

The service shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, or remove any material submitted to or posted on the Steward Family Medicine website. Without limiting the foregoing, Steward Family Medicine shall have the right to remove any material that Steward Family Medicine, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Steward Family Medicine, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of the service or this website.

Updated: 1 July 2009