Disclaimer and Indemnity
This disclaimer and indemnity provision applies to each and every reader
and/or user (hereinafter, “you”) of the Wyoming Medical Society’s blog.
Please read carefully before using and/or reading the blog.
Wyoming Medical Society, Inc. (“WMS”) has provided this weblog (“blog”), including the
opportunity to comment on blog posts, for the convenience of WMS members, staff and certain
other authorized individuals. The list is provided merely as a forum for enabling participants to
communicate about the subjects of interest. WMS does not exert editorial control over information
or materials posted by third parties onto this list or information or materials that are e-mailed by
third parties to any other parties. WMS is not responsible for monitoring any materials posted by
any third party or for verifying that such information or materials are accurate, timely, reliable,
suitable, complete, non-infringing or free from technical defects.
WMS accepts no responsibility for, and expressly disclaim all warranties and representations of
any kind, express or implied, regarding, the use, operation or performance of the blog or any
information or materials posted through the blog, including warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
In no event shall WMS be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential
or any other damages whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with (1) the use,
operation or performance of the blog, (2) the delay or inability to use the list in whole or in part, (3)
any reliance by you on information or materials provided on or through this list, or on the
reliability, accuracy, completeness, suitability or timeliness thereof, (4) any unauthorized use by
you or others of the blog, or (4) termination or modification by WMS of the list or any information
or materials provided thereon, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or
otherwise, even if WMS has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some
states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or
incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.
In addition to and without limiting the foregoing, WMS and shall not be liable for any harm caused
by the transmission, via use of the list, of a computer virus, or other computer code or
programming device that might be used to access, modify, delete, damage, corrupt, deactivate,
disable, disrupt, or otherwise impede in any manner the operation of any of your software,
hardware, data or property.
You are solely responsible for the content of any content and/or comments you post to the blog
and you agree to indemnify and hold WMS, its affiliates, officers, agents and employees,
harmless from any claim, demand or expense (including attorneys’ fees) due to or arising out of
your use of the blog or of any information or materials provided via the blog.
GUIDELINES
1. Only information which can be expected to be of interest to WMS members by
virtue of its relevance to either (1) clinical and socioeconomic issues in medicine
or (2) WMS related activities should be posted.
2. The WMS accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted by
users.
3. Do not post any false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, tortuous, abusive,
threatening, harassing, profane, obscene, offensive, pornographic, hateful,
infringing, anti-competitive or illegal information or materials.
4. Do not post pricing or reimbursement information, confidential trade secrets of
you or any other party (including any third party payor) or any other proprietary
information of which you are not the sole owner.
5. The WMS does not condone and will not be responsible for any such information
or materials or for any resulting liability. Any communications regarding salaries
or pricing (including negotiations with payers) are prohibited.
6. WMS will not regularly review posts for the sole purpose of determining whether
inappropriate posts have been made. If, however, WMS finds inappropriate
material has been posted, or inappropriate material is otherwise brought to its
attention, WMS has the right but not the obligation, and may take all necessary
action, to remove all or part of the posting and/or terminate a user’s access to the
blog. WMS reserves the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information it
may know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any
e-mails posted by you.
7. Do not post any information, software or other material protected by copyright,
patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right without the permission
of the rights owner. By posting information, software or other material, the
posting party warrants and represents that it owns such rights in the information,
software or other material, or has received permission from the person or entity
who owns such rights, in the information, software or other material. By posting
information, software or other material, the posting party grants the WMS and
other subscribers to or readers of the blog the non-exclusive right and license to
display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print and use such information,
software or other material. Subject to the grant of this license, the posting party
retains any other rights that the party may have in such information, software or
other material.
8. Do not post any information or materials which contain any virus, Trojan horse,
corrupted file, worm, time bomb, cancelbot or other computer programming
routine that is intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously
intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.
9. Do not post any information or materials which contain personal health
information as defined by HIPAA. Blog participants should be familiar with HIPAA
privacy and security standards and review all information prior to submission to
avoid inadvertent disclosure.
10. As the comments to the blog are not monitored by the WMS, do not use it to
send messages to the WMS. E-mail can be sent to the WMS at
sheila@wyomed.org.
11. WMS reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by
these guidelines. WMS may modify, suspend or discontinue, on a temporary or
permanent basis, the blog at any time for any reason. All rights of termination
shall be within the sole discretion of the WMS.
12. The WMS is a "service provider" of this electronic mailing list and the designated
“agent” for notice, as defined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Any notices
under this law should be directed to Sheila Bush, WMS Executive Director, at
122 E. 17th St., Cheyenne, WY 82001, telephone (307) 635-2424, e-mail
sheila@wyomed.org.