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THE SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE
The information on The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons website is for commercial and educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical professional help, advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you have regarding your medical care. Nothing contained in this site is intended to constitute a medical diagnosis or treatment. Nothing in this site is intended as a recommendation or endorsement of any specific tests, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned in this site. Any reliance on any information provided by the website personnel, others appearing on the site at the invitation of the website and/or other visitors to the site is solely at the user's risk.

The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or usefulness of the opinions, advice, services or other information provided through the site or on the Internet generally. The site may contain health or medical-related materials which you may find sexually explicit or otherwise offensive. The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons, its licensors and its suppliers have no control over and accept no responsibility for compliance with the laws applicable to your country or state of residence.

A user's sole and exclusive remedy for dissatisfaction with the site is to stop using the site. All information is transmitted over a medium which is beyond the control and jurisdiction of the website and its suppliers. Accordingly, the website assumes no responsibility for, or relating to, delay, failure, interruption or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of this website or sites accessed through this site.

This agreement can be modified by The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons at any time and such modification shall be effective immediately upon posting. You agree to review this agreement periodically to be aware of such modification and your access or use of the site shall be deemed your acceptance of the modified agreement. This site reserves the right but is not obligated to do any or all of the following:

1. Record the dialogue in public chat rooms;
2. Investigate an allegation that a communication(s) do(es) not conform to the terms of this section and determine in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communication(s);
3. Remove communications which are abusive, illegal, disruptive or otherwise fail to conform with these terms and conditions;
4. Terminate the user's access to any and all public areas and/or the site upon any breach of these terms and conditions;
5. Monitor, edit or disclose any communication in the public areas; and
6. Edit or delete any communication(s) posted on the site, regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards.

TRADEMARK DISCLOSURE
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OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS
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DISCLAIMER
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USER SUBMISSIONS
Any material, information, or other communication you transmit or post to this Site will be considered non-confidential and nonproprietary. The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons will have no obligations with respect to the Communications. The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons and its designees will 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 noncommercial 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. The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons and Staff reserve the right to edit information provided when deemed appropriate. Any materials submitted, including photographs, become the property of The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons and cannot be returned.

ONLINE CONDUCT

Members and visitors agree to use the Web site only for lawful purposes and are prohibited from posting on the Web site any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory or obscene material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. Although in the absence of a specific complaint the postings are not monitored for compliance with this provision, in an effort to discourage such conduct, please note that all postings in the chat area will list the author's name--no anonymous postings are permitted.

USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
Information submitted to The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons through forms on the website is governed according to The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons 's Electronic Personal Information Privacy Policy.

PASSWORDS

Members are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their passwords and are liable for any harm caused by disclosing or allowing disclosure of any password.
 

LINKS TO OTHER MATERIALS
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APPLICABLE LAWS
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In states which do not allow some or all of the above limitations of liability, liability shall be limited to the greatest extent allowed by law.


GENERAL
The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons may revise these Terms at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page from time to time to review the then current Terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these Terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at this Site.