TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE

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Introduction

Thank you for visiting the Strategic Medical Consulting website. We hope you find our site informative. Our legal counsel asked us to communicate a few key points (terms and conditions) to you. They are listed below and by accessing this website you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions.

Your access and use of this site and its services bind you to this Agreement. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions of Use for this site, you may not use the site or its services.

We may modify this Agreement at any time. Any modifications made to this Agreement will be effective immediately upon posting on the site. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement as posted on the Service at the time of your access or use. You agree to review the Agreement posted on the Service each time you use the Service so that you are aware of any modifications made to this Agreement.

Disclaimers
THERE IS NO PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP CREATED BY THIS WEBSITE.

THE SERVICE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. THAT MEANS THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SERVICE IS INTENDED FOR GENERAL CONSUMER UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION. ANY ACCESS TO THIS SITE IS VOLUNTARY. WE WILL REGARD ALL ACCESS AS VOLUNTARY AND AT THE SOLE RISK OF THE USER.

Copyright, Trademark, and Related Issues
This site belongs to Strategic Medical Consulting. The copyright to the contents of this site is owned by Strategic Medical Consulting or other third parties who have licensed use. Users may download material from this site for their own personal, non-commercial use only, provided all copyright notices are kept intact. Any other copying, redistributing, or publishing of any part of this site in any manner is prohibited.

Any non-personal information, communication or material you submit to Strategic Medical Consulting at this site, by e-mail or otherwise, is non-confidential, and Strategic Medical Consulting is free to use and reproduce such information freely, and for any purpose, unless SMC specifically agrees, in writing, to different terms and conditions. Specifically, Strategic Medical Consulting is free to use any ideas or concepts contained in any such communication for any purpose whatsoever, including developing, manufacturing, advertising and marketing products. Any such use is without compensation to the party submitting information. By submitting information, you are also warranting that you own the material/content submitted, that it is not defamatory, and that our use will not violate any third party's rights. Strategic Medical Consulting is under no obligation to use the information submitted.

The trademarks, logos, characters and service marks (collectively "Trademarks") displayed on the Strategic Medical Consulting website belong to Strategic Medical Consulting. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as granting any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on this website. Your use/misuse of the Trademarks displayed on this website, or any other content on this website, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that Strategic Medical Consulting will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution.

Linking
This website may contain links to other websites. These links are to companies or organizations we believe you may have an interest in. Strategic Medical Consulting is not responsible for the content of any other site or for ongoing review of other sites. Please be mindful of this as you link to other sites.

In general, Strategic Medical Consulting does not object to links to this website from third-party sites. However, you must abide by the following rules:
Unless we have a written agreement with you, you may not use any of our trademarks, logos or slogans in or with your links, except that you may link to this site using the plain text name of the site. Do not present the link to this site in any way that suggests Strategic Medical Consulting has any relationship or affiliation with your site or endorses, sponsors or recommends the information, products or services on your site, unless you have a specific written agreement with Strategic Medical Consulting to do so. Link only to the home page of this site. Do not, without our written permission: (a) incorporate any content from this site into your site (e.g., by in-lining or framing); (b) use any of our names, trademarks, slogans, or any other words or codes identifying Strategic Medical Consulting websites in any "metatag" or other information used by search engines or other information location tools to identify and select sites. Strategic Medical Consulting will not tolerate links from any obscene, scandalous, profane, defamatory, unlawful site, or any site that may adversely affect the name, reputation and goodwill of Strategic Medical Consulting and its services. Strategic Medical Consulting reserves the right to cancel permission to link at any time, for any reason.

Jurisdictional Issues
The Strategic Medical Consulting products, services, materials, offers, and information appearing on this website are intended for U.S. customers. This site is controlled by Strategic Medical Consulting from its offices in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. We make no representation that materials on this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations.

Limitation of Liability
We advise users to always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions regarding personal health or medical conditions. Never disregard, avoid or delay in obtaining medical advice from your doctor or other qualified health care provider because of something you have read on this site. Nothing on this site or included in documents that SMC creates for you is intended to render medical advice. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem or condition, please contact a qualified health care professional immediately. If you are in the United States and are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911 or call for emergency medical help on the nearest telephone.

We do not operate, control, supply, endorse, warrant or guarantee any information, products, services or merchandise that is not clearly identified as information, products, services or merchandise supplied by us. We also do not warrant or guarantee that files available for downloading through the Service will be free of infections or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that contains contaminating or destructive properties.

We, and our content providers, cannot and do not guarantee or warrant against errors, omissions, delays, interruptions or losses, including loss of data. Users of this site are responsible for maintaining a means external to Strategic Medical Consulting, Inc.  for the reconstruction of any lost data.

We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this site, or any part thereof, with or without notice.

Warranties and limitation of liability
Your use of and browsing on this website are at your own risk. Neither Strategic Medical Consulting nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering this website is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, this website.

STRATEGIC MEDICAL CONSULTING, INC. DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT, OR ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE, OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCT, SERVICE, MERCHANDISE OR OTHER MATERIAL PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, MERCHANDISE OR OTHER MATERIAL PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE.

WE ARE NOT LIABLE TO ANY USER OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY BASED ON RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE.

Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow exclusions of implied warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws. Strategic Medical Consulting assumes no liability and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your use of this website.

Users' agreement
Users will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any type that infringes or violates any rights of any party.

Users are not authorized to use this site for any purpose in violation of local, state, national or international laws.

Users are not authorized to use this site as a means to distribute advertising or other unsolicited material to any third party.

Users are not authorized to post material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by us in our sole discretion.

Users will not impersonate another person.

Users will not hold us or any of our affiliates, subsidiaries or parent company liable for damages including (but not limited to) loss of wages, revenue or business because of any services related to or provided by this site. The sole and exclusive remedy for dissatisfaction with the services of this site will be to stop using the Service.

Users will indemnify us and any of our parent or subsidiary companies or organizations, and any of our successors, assigns or licensees, together with any of their respective officers, directors and employees, against any damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party relating to use of the Service, or any breach or violation of this Agreement or any other term or condition contained on the Service.

Users agree to comply with all user responsibilities and obligations as stated in these Terms of Service.

Users' representations
We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and operation of this site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control. You agree that these Terms and Conditions of Use and all incorporated agreements between us and you may be automatically assigned by us, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger, acquisition or liquidation.

Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others of these Terms and Conditions of Use does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. These Terms and Conditions of Use set forth the entire understanding and agreement between us and any site user with respect to the site, its uses and services.

All site users represent and warrant that they are at least 18 years of age and that they possess the legal right and ability to agree to these Terms of Service and to use this site in accordance with these Terms of Service.

Strategic Medical Consulting MAY REVISE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BY UPDATING THIS POSTING.

Last modified: 09/3/2009