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The American Board of Physician Specialties ("ABPS") welcomes you to its Web Site (the "Site"). ABPS maintains this Site for your personal information, education and communication. ABPS grants you a limited license to download material displayed on the Site for non-commercial personal use only, and you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices found on the material. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, or use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, and images without ABPS's written permission. Your access to and use of the Site is also subject to the following terms of use ("Terms of Use") and of all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms of Use and acknowledge that any other agreement between you and ABPS are superseded and of no force or effect.

Terms of Use

1. All of the content of the Site, including text, art, graphics, logos, images, and pictures is the property of ABPS, our partners, or content providers and is protected by US and international copyright laws. Except as otherwise provided in these Terms of Use, any other use of such content without the prior written consent of ABPS is prohibited. Furthermore, ABPS neither represents nor warrants that your use of the content will not infringe rights of third parties not affiliated with ABPS.
2. Trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of ABPS and others. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of ABPS or other owner of a Trademark.
3. Images of people displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, ABPS. Unless authorized by these Terms of Use, the use of these images by you is strictly prohibited. Unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
4. Your use of and browsing in the Site are at your own risk. Neither ABPS nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out or your access to, or use of, the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you 'AS IS' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusions of implied warranties, so some of the exclusions may not apply to you. ABPS also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any material or content from the Site.
5. Links to third party web sites on the Site are provided as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by ABPS of the contents on such web sites. ABPS is not responsible for the content of linked web sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such web sites. Your accessing such linked web sites is at your own risk.
6. The information posted on the Site by ABPS and by third parties should not be considered medical advice, and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified doctor or other professional healthcare provider. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all content on this Site is the opinion of its author, not ABPS. The Site is intended for use by medical professionals and not consumers or patients.
7. While ABPS uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information on the Site, ABPS makes no warranties or representations as to such accuracy, and assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the Site's content.
8. ABPS has adopted a privacy policy to demonstrate its firm commitment to maintaining the privacy of its members. The following paragraphs describe our information gathering and dissemination practices for the Site.
   1. We use IP addresses to analyze visits to the Site, to administer the Site, to help diagnose problems with our server, and to gather aggregated demographic information.
   2. We use cookies to save and verify password information.
   3. Certain areas require user and member registration to give us contact information (such as name and e-mail address), unique identifiers (such as social security number), financial information (such as credit card numbers) and demographic information (such as zip code) We use contact information to locate and reach members or users and to distribute information about events, meetings, calendars, locations, examinations and similar data. Financial information collected is used to bill users and members for registrations and annual dues. Unique identifiers are used to verify the user's or member's identity. Demographic information collected is used only for ABPS purposes.
   4. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You agree that you will not let anyone other than you use your registration or password. You also agree to notify AAPS immediately by e-mail of any unauthorized use of your registration or password
9. These Terms of Use are governed by and construed under the laws of State of Georgia without regard to or application of choice of law rules or principles.
10. ABPS may at any time revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms of Use.
11. If you have questions or comments regarding this Site, please contact us at American Board of Physician Specialties
    
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