Please read these Terms and Conditions of Use carefully.

Your use of this Website and related services are provided subject to your compliance with the Terms and Conditions of Use specified below. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE WILL INDICATE YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE, PLEASE EXIT THIS SITE PROMPTLY.

1. Use of the Website. This Website contains only general information, is designed for educational purposes only, and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users of this Website should not rely on information provided in this Website for their own health needs. If you have a health-related problem, or any specific medical questions, please consult with your health care provider.

Use of this Website does not create a patient relationship with any University Community Health (UCH) hospital or medical staff member. There may be certain webpages in this Website whereby you can voluntarily agree to submit information, including personal information, such as information that could be used to identify or contact you or information about your medical condition (“Personal Information”) to UCH. If you choose to voluntarily submit information, including Personal Information, to UCH through this Website, you understand and agree that such information will be transmitted over the Internet. While UCH has taken reasonable steps to protect any information that you may submit from unauthorized interception and use, the risk of unauthorized interception and use of electronically transmitted information cannot be entirely eliminated. Therefore, there is always a risk of unauthorized interception and use of any information that you submit to UCH through this Website.

If you access and use this Website, UCH will not be responsible for any unauthorized interception and use of your information, and you understand and agree that UCH shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or any other damages arising from your use of this Website.

Please note that UCH is not responsible for the content or activities associated with any site or entity that is linked to this Website.

2. Copyright. You acknowledge and agree that all content and materials available on this Website are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by UCH, you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, or create derivative works from such materials or content. Notwithstanding the above, you may print or download one copy of the materials or content on this Website on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Systematic retrieval of data or other content from this site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory without written permission from UCH is prohibited. In addition, use of the content or materials for any purpose not expressly permitted in the Terms is prohibited.

3. Trademark. The following are trademarks and servicemarks of UCH or its affiliates:

the name “University Community Health” and associated logo; “University Community Hospital”;

“Sun Coast Hospital”;

“Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital”;
and any mark used on the website with a “TM”, “SM” or Registered Mark that are not the property of third parties.

Any other trademarks appearing on pages linked to this site are the property of the respective owners and/or operators of those sites.

Hidden text used by web search engines to find websites, also known as metatags, may not be embedded into your website using any trademarks or servicemarks of UCH or its affiliates, whether those trademarks or servicemarks are registered or unregistered. Any such use will be considered trademark infringement and will be prosecuted.

4. Links to Other Sites. Links to third party websites on this site are provided solely as a convenience. If you use these links, you will leave this site. UCH does not claim to have reviewed these third party sites in their entirety, nor does it control these sites. UCH is not responsible for any of these sites or their content. Moreover, UCH does not endorse or make any representations about any of the websites for which links are provided, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

5. Disclaimer. THE MATERIALS PROVIDED AT THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. UCH FURTHER DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF THE MATERIALS AT THIS SITE. UCH MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE THE MATERIALS AT THIS SITE, EVEN IF OUT OF DATE. INFORMATION PUBLISHED AT THIS SITE MAY REFER TO PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY OR REGION.

6. Limitation of Liability. UCH DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE. USERS OF THIS WEBSITE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH CARE CHANGES CONSTANTLY, AND BECAUSE THIS WEBSITE IS ONLY UPDATED PERIODICALLY, IT MAY NOT CONTAIN THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION. UCH RESERVES THE RIGHT TO UPDATE OR CHANGE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE AT ANY TIME. UCH IS NOT RESPNSIBLE FOR INFORMATION APPEARING AT HYPERLINKS. ALSO, THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT CREATE A PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE UCH TO FOLLOW-UP OR CONTACT USERS OF THIS WEBSITE.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL UCH, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, LICENCEES, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF UCH HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN THE EVENT THAT STATE OR LOCAL LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UCH’S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

7. User Submissions. Subject to the UCH Privacy Statement, any material, information or other communication you transmit or post to this site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. UCH will have no obligations with respect to such communications. UCH 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 non-commercial 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.

8. Choice of Law, Venue and Attorneys’ Fees. These Terms and Conditions of Use are entered into in the State of Florida and shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, exclusive of its choice of law rules.

Each party to these Terms and Conditions of Use submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Hillsborough County, Florida for any dispute with UCH or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers, and content providers.

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.

In any litigation arising out of the Terms, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its attorney’s fees and costs in trial, on appeal, and in any bankruptcy proceeding.

9. Revisions. UCH may revise and update these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time. Please periodically review the terms, conditions, and privacy statements posted on the UCH website. Continued usage of the UCH website will be considered acceptance of any changes. Certain provisions of these terms and conditions may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms on particular pages at this site.

10. Entire Agreement. Except as expressly provided in a particular “legal notice” on the UCH site, these Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and UCH with respect to the use of the UCH site and content.

Contacting us: UCH welcomes your questions and comments regarding our Terms and Conditions of Use and anything else on this site. Please e-mail us at webmaster@mail.uch.org 

University Community Health is sensitive to the expectation of privacy by those who access this site. For a complete statement of our policies on privacy, please read our Privacy Statement, available on our hospital websites under Forms, Disclosures and Privacy Practices.