Please Read These Terms Carefully Before Using This Web Site

Thank you for visiting the MedQuest Associates, Inc., website.  We provide this site for informational purposes only, primarily to assist patients in understanding the services we and our subsidiaries and affiliates provide, and to assist people who may be interested in working with us to understand our business, growth strategy and philosophy.  This site and related services are provided subject to your compliance with each of the terms and conditions of use specified below.  By using this site, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use.  If you do not agree to abide by and be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use, please exit this site promptly and do not use this site or any of the materials from it.

General Restrictions/Limited License
Subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use, MedQuest grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display this web site and the materials thereon. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of this site in any way.

MedQuest authorizes you to view and download the information and materials on this web site (the “Information”) only for your personal, non-commercial use. This authorization is not a transfer of title in or to any of the Information or copies of the Information and is subject to the following restrictions: (1) you must retain, on all copies of the Information downloaded, all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Information; (2) you may not modify the Information in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, distribute or otherwise use the Information for any public or commercial purpose; and (3) you must not transfer the Information to any other person unless you give them notice of, and they agree to accept, the obligations arising under these Terms and Conditions of Use. Any use or display of the Information on any other site or networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.  You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on this site as it may be updated from time to time. This site, including all Information, is copyrighted and protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions and any unauthorized use of the materials on this site may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. You agree to comply with all copyright laws worldwide in your use of this site and to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Information. Except as expressly provided herein, MedQuest does not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secret information. If you breach any of these Terms and Conditions of Use, your authorization to use this site is terminated and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed materials.  MedQuest reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these Terms and Conditions of Use in whole or part, at any time.  Changes in these Terms and Conditions of Use will be effective when notice of the change is posted.  Your continued use of the site after any changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.

Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless MedQuest, its affiliates and subsidiaries, and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, proprietors, partners, shareholders, servant, principals, agents, predecessors, successors, assigns, and attorneys from and against any and all claims, proceedings, damages, injuries, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses (including attorney's fees and litigation expenses) relating to or arising from your use of this web site and any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
this web site is only intended to provide general information, and is not intended to be used in any manner, INCLUDING, but not limited, to diagnose or treat any disease, or to provide a basis for evaluating MEdquest.  MedQuest makes no guaranty, representation or warranty, express or implied, about the completeness, correctness, reliability or accuracy of the information contained herein.  The materials provided ON 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.  MedQuest disclaims, to the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, all guaranties, representations or warranties regarding this web site and the information contained herein.  MedQuest does not warrant that this site will be free from defects, including, but not limited to, viruses or other harmful components OR ELEMENTS.  

Changes to This Website
The Information on this web site may contain inaccuracies and typographical errors. MedQuest does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Information on this site or the reliability of any advice, opinion, memorandum, statement or other information displayed or distributed through the site.  You acknowledge that any reliance on any such advice, opinion, memorandum, statement or information shall be at your sole risk. MedQuest reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the site. MedQuest may make changes to, terminate, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the site, including the Information on the site and the products, programs, services or prices (if any) described on the site, at any time without notice. MedQuest may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to all or part of the site without notice or liability.  MedQuest may terminate the authorization and rights given above and, upon such termination, you shall immediately destroy all Information from the site.

Not a Substitute for Professional Health Care or Advice
The Information contained within this web site is offered solely for your consideration, is subject to your verification and is not intended, nor shall be construed, as medical advice.  The diagnostic imaging information on this site is only intended to provide a general understanding of diagnostic imaging.  The general information we provide on this site is not meant to explain all of the capabilities and applications of our services, or to completely explain the procedures themselves, or the risks or costs associated with our procedures.  This general information is not intended to provide a basis for diagnosing any medical problems or otherwise substitute for professional health care.  No doctor-patient relationship is established between MedQuest or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and you by reason of your use of this site or under any circumstances whatsoever. If you have specific health care needs, or for complete health information, please see a doctor or other health care provider.

Not a Basis for Investment Decisions
The Information on this web site regarding MedQuest Associates, Inc. and its affiliates is not intended to provide a basis for making any investment or business relationship decisions and does not constitute an offer or a solicitation of an offer for the purchase or sale of any securities. This site contains information and press releases about MedQuest and its parent company, MQ Associates, Inc., and although this information was believed to be accurate as of the date prepared, MedQuest disclaims any duty or obligation to update such information. To the extent that any information is deemed to be a "forward looking statement" as defined in the rules and regulations of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such information is intended to fit within the "safe harbor" for forward looking information and is subject to material risk factors, which may or may not be disclosed herein or in filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.   

Links to Third Party Sites
As a convenience to you, MedQuest may provide on this web site links to web sites operated by other entities. If you use these sites, you will leave this site. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. MedQuest makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked sites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that MedQuest, or this site’s sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of MedQuest or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.

External Links to This Web Site
All links to this web site must be approved in writing by MedQuest, except that MedQuest consents to links in which: (i) the link is a text-only link containing only the name "MedQuest Associates, Inc.;" (ii) the link "points" only to www.mqimaging.com and not to deeper pages; (iii) the link, when activated by a user, displays that page full-screen in a fully operable and navigable browser window and not within a "frame" on the linked web site; and (iv) the appearance, position, and other aspects of the link may neither create the false appearance that an entity or its activities or products are associated with or sponsored by MedQuest nor be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the name and trademarks of MedQuest or its subsidiaries or affiliates. MedQuest reserves the right to revoke this consent to link to this site at any time in its sole discretion.

Limitation of Damages
IN NO EVENT SHALL MEDQUEST OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM) THAT ARE RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT, INFORMATION, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEB SITE OR ANY LINKED WEB SITE, EVEN IF MEDQUEST IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Copyright
This website and all features and services provided on it are owned and operated by MedQuest Associates, Inc. and are protected by applicable law.  Copyrights for the Information contained on this site, including all text, graphics and photos, are owned by MedQuest Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates. © MedQuest Associates, Inc. 1999-2006 All rights reserved.  The use, reproduction, and/or re-transmission by any means of any of the Information contained on this site without the written permission of MedQuest Associates, Inc. is strictly prohibited.

Trademark
The trademarks, service marks and logos (the "Trademarks") used and displayed on this web site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of MedQuest Associates, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates and others.  Nothing on this site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on this site, without the prior written permission of the Trademark owner. MedQuest aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law. The names of MedQuest Associates, Inc., MedQuest, Inc. or MQ Associates, Inc., any MedQuest logo or any MedQuest formatives may not be used in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of Information on this site, without prior, written permission from MedQuest. MedQuest prohibits use of the MedQuest logo as part of a link to or from any site unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance by MedQuest in writing. Fair use of MedQuest's Trademarks requires proper acknowledgment. Other product and company names mentioned on this site may be the Trademarks of their respective owners.

Information Provided by You
Any personally identifiable information you may provide to MedQuest via this web site is protected by the privacy policy hyperlink associated with this site. MedQuest does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary information to MedQuest via this site. You agree that any information or materials that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to MedQuest will not be considered confidential or proprietary. By providing any such information or materials to MedQuest, you grant to MedQuest an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, transmit and distribute such information, materials and communications, and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein, for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes, and you further agree that MedQuest is free to use any ideas, concepts or know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to MedQuest. You further recognize that MedQuest does not want you to, and you warrant that you shall not, post or provide any information or materials to MedQuest that is defamatory, libelous, threatening, obscene, harassing or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporates the proprietary material of another.  

No Patient Information
No patient identifying information is to be shared or transmitted to this web site.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without reference to its choice of law rules. By accessing, viewing, or using the information and materials on the site, you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts presiding in Fulton County, Georgia, and agree to accept service of process by mail and hereby waive any and all jurisdictional and venue defenses otherwise available. This site is controlled and operated by MedQuest from its offices within the United States. MedQuest makes no representation that information or materials on the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own volition and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Contacting Us
MedQuest Associates, Inc. welcomes your questions and comments regarding our Terms and Conditions of Use and anything else on this site. Please contact us by clicking here.

General
These Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and MedQuest with respect to your use of this web site. If any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining parts will remain in full force and effect. You acknowledge that, in providing you access to and use of this site, MedQuest has relied on your agreement to be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the web site of MedQuest Associates, Inc.  We are very concerned about your privacy and we want you to feel comfortable about any personal information that you might furnish while accessing this site.

Information Collected
In general, you can visit this web site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Our web servers collect the domain names, not the e-mail addresses, of visitors. Our web servers also seek (as many web sites do) to place a "cookie" (a small data file) on your computer's hard drive that allows the server to identify the computer when it visits again, in order to track statistical information about navigation to and throughout certain areas of our site. This cookie is not used to obtain your name or any personal data, and the information that is tracked is used only for internal purposes, such as to improve site navigation, and is not shared with anyone other than MedQuest affiliates and contractors who assist MedQuest in these efforts and are bound to confidentiality. However, if you prefer not to accept cookies, you can set your browser to reject them or to alert you before one is placed.

In addition, there are portions of this site where we may need to collect personal information from you for a specific purpose, such as to provide you with certain information you request. The information collected from you may include your name, address, telephone, fax number or e-mail address. We do not use information that you provide to send unsolicited e-mails, or otherwise contact you unless you send us an e-mail requesting that we do so.  Nor do we sell or otherwise intentionally share lists of users who have contacted us.  However, we cannot provide any assurance that visitor information provided to our site cannot or will not be accessed or known by a third party who might "hack" into our site.

This site is not intended for persons under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from or about children, and we do not knowingly market products or services to children.

Use of Collected Information
Domain name information that we collect is not used to personally identify you, but is instead aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed, etc. We use this information to measure the use of our site and to improve the content of our site.

When other information is collected from you, such as your name and e-mail address, we generally let you know at the time of collection how we will use the personal information. Usually, we use the personal information you provide only to respond to your inquiry or to process your request. This information may be shared with other MedQuest subsidiaries or affiliates, but only if necessary to fulfill your request or for related purposes.

We may share the personal information you provide with other companies we have hired to provide services for us. These companies - our vendors - are contractually bound to use personal information we share with them only to perform the services we have hired them to provide. We do not share, sell or lease personal information about you to any third-parties for their marketing use. We will release information about you if you direct us to do so, if we are required by law to do so, or in other legally limited circumstances (for example, to protect your account from fraud).

Links to Other Sites
Our site may contain links to other sites. While we try to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices employed by other sites.

Security of Collected Information
We maintain reasonable physical, electronic and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized or inappropriate access. Messages that you send to us via e-mail, however, may not be secure.  If you choose to send us confidential information via e-mail, you accept the risk that a third party may intercept such information.

Access to Collected Information
You may review and update the information that you provide to us through this web site by contacting us as described below.

Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please use this link. We welcome your questions and suggestions about our privacy policy.

Changes to this Policy
Please check this privacy policy periodically to inform yourself of any changes. Although we reserve the right to modify or supplement this privacy policy, we will provide notice to you on this web site of any major changes for a reasonable amount of time following the change.

General
This privacy statement applies solely to this web site, which is not intended to include any personally identifiable medical information.  We request that you not put any personally identifiable medical information in any e-mail or otherwise that will be processed through this site.