Terms of Use Agreement for the MechanismsCME.com Website

Welcome to MechanismsCME.com. This Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites are developed and published by Prime Medic Inc. All educational content is reviewed and certified by Imedex, LLC, an accredited CME provider through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Learning activities have been made possible through unrestricted educational grants from commercial supporters.

Before gaining access to this Website, you will be asked to indicate whether you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you will be granted access to the learning modules. If you choose not to agree to abide by the Terms of Use, you will not be granted access.

This agreement constitutes the entire and only agreement between Prime Medic Inc. and you, and it supersedes all prior contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and understandings with respect to the Site; the contents, products or services provided through this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites; and the subject matter of this agreement. This agreement may be amended at any time by Prime Medic Inc. without specific notice to users. The latest Agreement will be posted on the Website, and you should review this Agreement prior to using this Website or any related MechanismsCME.com CME sites.

Copyright Information

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Developed and published in 2010 by Prime Medic Inc.

This Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites are owned and operated by Prime Medic Inc. The presentation of all materials, including animations, slides, trademarks, logos and domain names, posted on the Website are protected by the applicable laws as regards intellectual property and are owned by Prime Medic Inc. or have been subjected to authorization of use granted to it. Prime Medic Inc. reserves the right to take legal action against any counterfeit of its intellectual property rights.

This Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites are protected by US, Canadian and foreign copyright laws.

No material may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, distorted, transmitted or distributed in any way, on any support, in total or in part, for commercial use or distribution without the prior written permission of the copyrights holders, Prime Medic Inc.
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Authorized use of visuals and content, whether constituting the site or included within it, must not be distorted, modified or altered in any way whatsoever. The following notice shall appear on all authorized copies of all or part of the content of the Website "© Prime Medic Inc. All rights reserved".

Disclaimer

This Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites are intended for medical professionals practicing within the United States. Other countries may have regulatory requirements or medical practices which are different to those in the US; therefore, this information may not be appropriate for use outside of the US.

Information is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relevant to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The opinions expressed in this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites are those of the contributing authors, and are not those of the commercial supporters, the producer and publisher, Prime Medic Inc., nor the accredited providers Imedex, LLC.

In no event will Prime Medic Inc. be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites.

Scope of Use

Prime Medic Inc. invites you to view and use this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites for your informational, non-commercial use. Except as otherwise provided in this page, no part of any content or software on this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites may be downloaded or stored in a retrieval system for any other purpose, nor may it be redistributed for any purpose, without the express written permission of Prime Medic Inc. You understand that Prime Medic Inc. may discontinue, change, or restrict your use of this Website for any reason without notice.

This Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites is intended for medical professionals practicing within the United States. Other countries may have regulatory requirements or medical practices which are different to those in the US; therefore, this information may not be appropriate for use outside of the US.

No Warranties

Your use of this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites is at your own risk. Neither Prime Medic Inc. nor any party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Website is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites. This includes damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment. All content on this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites is provided on an "as is", "as available" basis without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. Prime Medic Inc. makes no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, currency, or reliability of any content available through this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites. You are responsible for verifying any information before relying on it. Use of this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites and the content available on this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites is at your sole risk.

Indemnification

If you violate any of these Terms of Use or if you misuse this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Prime Medic Inc., their officers, directors, employees, agents, and licenses from any and all liability including costs, expenses and attorney's fees that arise out of or are related to your violation or misuse.

User Submissions

You agree that by submitting content:
• That if you are a medical professional, you will not submit any information that would directly identify a patient or any information for which you do not have all necessary consents or authorizations to disclose;
• You will only submit content that complies with applicable law, and will not submit content that is abusive, defamatory, obscene, infringing, threatening, repetitive, or otherwise inappropriate, or that contains any viruses or other software that may adversely affect the operation of another's computer;
• You understand and agree that such content that is submitted to a feedback page will be deemed non-confidential;
• You understand that you will not use this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites for sending and relaying spam, impersonating another person or entity, falsely misrepresenting your identity and affiliations; and
• You grant Prime Medic Inc. the irrevocable right to use, copy, modify, publish, perform, transmit, and display such content via any media in accordance with this Terms of Use Agreement, and waive any moral rights you may have in such content. Subject to all applicable US and Canadian laws, Prime Medic Inc. shall be free to use such content, including any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in such content, for any reason whatsoever.

Links

This Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites may contain links to Websites operated by other parties. The linked sites are not under the control of Prime Medic Inc. and Prime Medic Inc. is responsible for the content available on any other Internet sites linked to this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites. Such links do not imply endorsement of material on any other site by Prime Medic Inc. and Prime Medic Inc. disclaims all liability with regard to your access to such linked Websites. Prime Medic Inc. and provides links to other Internet sites as a convenience to users, and access to any other Internet sites linked to this Website is at your own risk.

Security

This Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites may require you to register or obtain a password prior to permitting access to the Website or certain services available on this site. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your registration information and password, and for all users of your password, whether or not authorized by you.

Jurisdiction

The laws of the State of Georgia, United States of America and the Province of Ontario, Canada and any applicable federal laws of the United States and / or Canada shall govern your use of the Website. The courts of the State of Georgia and the Province of Ontario shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from your use of this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites.

Privacy Statement

Prime Medic Inc. respects your privacy. Personal information collected from participants of our online continuing medical education activities will not be shared with any third party. Personal information is collected when an online user registers to gain access to the online CME activities. This information is stored in a database so that Prime Medic Inc. may track the number of people using this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites to obtain CME credit. This record keeping is required by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

From time to time, updates pertaining to new CME activities may be sent to registered users at the e-mail address they have provided on their registration form. Users may opt-out from receiving these updates at any time. We do not distribute unsolicited e-mails, nor do we share the names of our subscribers with any third party.

We do analyze our computer log file to determine which pages are visited most often and which external Websites refer the most visitors to this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites. Prime Medic Inc. performs periodic basic demographic analyses, including optional Website user surveys, for the express purpose of tailoring future online CME activities to meet the greatest need and interest.

Questions

For further information about the Terms of Use and / or the Privacy Statement for this Website and all related MechanismsCME.com CME sites, please contact us.