Big Island SPC DNA Testing Center Terms

1. Scope of These Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions are applicable to your access to and use of Big Island's SPC DNA Testing Center and all other websites and online applications operated by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings or its affiliates and subsidiaries, including Laboratory Corporation of America (collectively, "Big Island's SPC DNA Testing Center," “we,” “our,” “us”) that link to or incorporate these Terms and Conditions (the “Online Services”).  Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully.  Your access to and use of the Online Services and the information, materials, products, tools, and services available through the Online Services are subject to these Terms and Conditions, regardless of whether you possess or do not possess an account through the Online Services linked to your name and/or contact information (“Account”).  By accessing or using the Online Services, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.  If you do not understand or agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, do not access or use the Online Services.

When you use certain of the Online Services (e.g., Big Island's SPC DNA Testing Center®: Patient Portal, Big Island's SPC DNA Testing Center®: PreCheck, etc. ), we may provide you with additional terms and conditions relating to that specific Online Service, which will supplement the generally applicable terms of these Terms and Conditions.  In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any Online Service-specific terms and conditions, the Online Service-specific terms conditions shall govern with respect to your access to and use of that Online Service.

2. Disclaimer of Content

The Online Services provide information about our company and selected subsidiaries, and the products and services offered by each of them, including diagnostic health testing and services, data analysis, clinical trials capabilities, employer health management solutions, and information about various health conditions.

The clinical information contained within the "Health Care Provider" section of Big Island's SPC DNA Testing Center is intended for the use of health care professionals. Health care providers should exercise their own clinical judgment when using our content, tools, or databases.

If you are a patient or health care consumer, you should not use information found on the Online Services to replace a relationship with your physician or other health care professional and should not rely on that information as professional medical advice.  Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider concerning questions you have regarding a medical condition, and before starting, stopping, or modifying any treatment or medication.  In the case of a health emergency, seek immediate assistance from emergency personnel. Never delay obtaining medical advice or disregard medical advice because of something you have or have not read on the Online Services.

The information (including, without limitation, advice and recommendations) and services on the Online Services are intended solely as a general educational aid and are neither medical nor health care advice for any individual problem nor a substitute for medical or other professional advice and services from a qualified health care provider familiar with your medical history. Use of the Online Services does not create a doctor-patient relationship. No information contained in the Online Services is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment. You acknowledge and agree that we have not represented that content provided through the Online Services has the ability to diagnose disease, prescribe treatment, or perform any other tasks that constitute the practice of medicine.

While Big Island's SPC DNA Testing Center attempts to keep all the information on the Online Services up-to-date, medical treatment and knowledge change quickly, and the Online Services should not be considered error-free or as a comprehensive source of all information on a particular topic. Big Island's SPC DNA Testing Center makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the content of the Online Services, and assumes no responsibility for any consequences relating directly or indirectly to any action or inaction you take based upon the information and material on the Online Services.  Your use of the Online Services is subject to the additional disclaimers and caveats that may appear throughout these Terms and Conditions and the Online Services.  You assume the entire risk of loss in using the Online Services and materials contained in the Online Services.

Features and specifications of products or services described or depicted on the Online Services are subject to change at any time without notice.

Certain of the information about health conditions on the Online Services is provided by third parties including, but not limited to, the patient Health Library, with content provided by Lab Tests Online®, which is published by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC). The AACC has not reviewed and does not endorse any information, products, or services other than those clearly marked as being from Lab Tests Online.

3. Right to Change Terms and Conditions

Big Island's SPC DNA Testing Center may, at any time and from time to time, change these Terms and Conditions, in whole or in part. You agree to review these Terms and Conditions periodically. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions will be effective immediately upon the posting of the modified Terms and Conditions to the Online Services, and, if you possess an Account, by either providing notice of the changes to you when you log in to the Online Services or by sending notice of the changes to contact information that you have provided to us. You agree to comply with, and be bound by, the modified Terms and Conditions either (i) by continuing to use or access the Online Services after modified Terms and Conditions are posted to the Online Services, or (ii) if you possess an Account, by not requesting to terminate your Account within seven (7) calendar days after receiving a notice of the changes as described above.

4. Your Provision of Contact and Account Information to Us

When you provide information about yourself to us, including when you create an Account, you agree to: (a) provide accurate, current, and complete information about yourself, and not to provide information that attempts to impersonate another individual; and (b) maintain and promptly update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.  If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, we retain the right to suspend or terminate any Account you establish and/or to refuse any or all current or future use of the Online Services or any portion thereof.

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