HPA Terms of Registration
Terms and Conditions of use
Welcome
to the Health Practice Associates Council website.
If you
continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be
bound by the following Terms and Conditions of use, which together with Acceptable
Use Policy, Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy govern Health Practice Associates
Council 's relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree
with any part of these Terms and Conditions, please do not use our website.
Your
attention is particularly drawn to our liability and limitation section for our
Terms and Conditions which appear later.
·
The terms “HPAC”, “Health Practice
Associates Council”, “us” and “we” refer to the owner of the website, CIC.
Health Practice Associates Council is a Community Interest Company (CIC)
registered in England and Wales, company number 10830551.
·
The term “you” refers to the user of
our website. The use of this website is subject to the following terms:
·
The term “UbiquiCore Limited” refers
to the owner of the software and web platform licensed to Health Practice
Associates Council.
1.
Accessing and using our site
1. Our
site is made available free of charge, although we reserve the right to
introduce charges for certain features or services.
2. Access
to our website is not intended for those under the age of 16. If you are under
the age of 16, please do not use, register or provide any personal information
to our website.
3. Access
to the HPAC website is temporary. We do not guarantee that our site, or any
content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted and we reserve the
right to suspend, discontinue, withdraw or amend the service we provide on our
site without notice. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of
our site, or our entire site, to all users and, if the need arises, we may
close the site indefinitely. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our
site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
4. You
are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to
our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our
site through your internet connection are aware of these terms and that they
comply with them.
5. If you
wish to submit content to our website you must, in addition, register with our
site and comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use
Policy.
6. Our
site is provided as a voluntary registry service to help track and manage
clinical, operational, professional, and safety standards of individuals.
7. We
expressly disclaim all liability and responsibility for any direct, indirect or
consequential loss or damage incurred by any user or visitor to our website
through reliance placed on information or materials posted on our website or by
any user or visitor to our website or by anyone who may be informed of any of
their contents. In particular, but without limitation, we will not be liable
for the loss of profits, sales, business or revenue, business interruption or
loss of anticipated savings, loss of business opportunity, goodwill or
reputation.
8. We
fully reserve the right in our sole and complete discretion to control, edit or
remove any comments, postings or other content generated by you or by any third
party, where we consider these necessary or appropriate. However, we are not
obliged to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide or
content hosted on the website and expressly exclude our liability for any loss
or damage arising from the use of or reliance upon any interactive service or
content by a user or any other person, whether the service is moderated or not.
9. We
reserve the right in our sole and complete discretion to modify, suspend or
remove your account and to disable any user identification code or password,
without notice, at any time, and without liability to you. If we terminate your
access to your account or you ask us to deactivate your account, your profile
and all other data will no longer be accessible through your account but those
materials and data may still persist and appear elsewhere on the website.
10. HPAC
currently operates a free service but reserves the right to begin charging you
for all or part of its services or to introduce a chargeable premium service or
content. If we do change the nature of the services or implement a charging
basis, we will give you a reasonable period of notice.
11. Your
use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own
risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to
ensure that any services or information available through this website meet
your specific requirements.
12. This
website contains material which is owned by us. This material includes, but is
not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, and graphics.
Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice,
which forms part of these Terms and Conditions.
2.
Registration and accounts
1. To be
eligible for an individual account on our website, you must be at least 18
years of age and resident in the United Kingdom.
2. You
may register for an account on our website by completing and submitting the
account registration form on our website.
3. You
must not allow any other person to use your account to access the website.
4. You
must notify us in writing immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized
use of your account.
5. You
must not use any other persons account to access the website unless you have
that person’s express permission to do so.
6. If you
registered for an account on our website, you will be asked to enter a user
email address and password - YOU MUST ONLY USE YOUR LEGAL NAME AND SURNAME ON
YOUR HPAC REGISTRANT PROFILE
7. Your
user ID must not be liable to mislead and must comply with the content
standards contained in our Acceptable Use Policy. You must not use your account
or user ID for or in connection with the impersonation of any person.
8. You
must keep your password confidential.
9. You
must notify us in writing immediately if you have become aware of the
disclosure of your password or if you change your name by deed poll.
10. You
are responsible for any activity on our website arising out of any failure to
keep your password confidential and may be held liable for any losses arising
out of such failure.
11. When
you register with us, you must not choose a custom avatar or profile picture
which is inappropriate, offensive or otherwise in breach of the content
standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy. We have the right to remove any
avatar or profile picture which in our sole opinion does not comply with such
content standards.
12. You
must inform HPAC if you have any outstanding complaints still under
investigation or if you have been found guilty of a serious concern raised
against you by a previous/current employer, member of the public or other
relevant party.
3.
Billing
1. Upon
signing up to a paid-for service immediate payment will be taken.
2. Registrants
are responsible for ensuring that their registered form of payment i.e. credit
or debit card or banking information is approved for use by their bank and remains valid.
3. Monthly payments will recurrent on the same day of subscription each month for a minimum period of 12 months and on a rolling 12 contract period thereafter.
4. Annual payments
will recure on the same day of subscription each year for a non-refundable period of 12 months.
5. If your account is expired and you submit updates to your profile this will re-activate your subscription for a 12 month period based on the terms above.
6. Overdue
accounts will be publicly marked as a "Delinquent Account" after 15 days of non-payment.
7. If
your account is marked as expired, delinquent, suspended, temporary suspension or is has been archived, you may not
present yourself as an active member of the register under any circumstances.
8. If
your account is marked as expired, suspended or has been archived, you may not
under any circumstances make use of your HPAC ID card, the HPAC logo or any
other HPAC related material be it physical, digital or otherwise to present
yourself as an active or endorsed member of the register, either directly or
indirectly.
4.
Deregistration
1. Notice
of intended deregistration must be supplied no later than 15 days after
your renewal date of your 12-month contract term. This must be supplied either
by filling in the deregistration form or by recorded interview over the
phone answering the same questions found in the deregistration form. Your
HPAC ID card will subsequently be deregistered and must be returned or a
photographic image clearly showing it has been destroyed must be supplied, please
note that you will continue to be charged until your ID card has been returned
to HPAC. You will lose your verified status which will be duly reflected on
their profile as expired. Any outstanding monthly subscription fees within the
minimum 12-month recurring term must be paid in full. Additionally, any
outstanding payments for additional services purchased from HPAC on a payment
plan will be charged for in full immediately via your registered payment card
or bank account.
2. Conditions
where the 12-month minimum term does not apply: In the case of a registrant
either withdrawing from the verification process, failing to provide the
requested information or failing to pass verification because of reasonably
foreseeable factors which would have led to an application being rejected but
were not declared at the point of registration by the registrant and if no ID
card has been issued, the 12-month minimum term does not apply, however admin
costs of a non-refundable fee of £25 must be covered. Either by means of the
subscription payments to the date of the deregistration or by a one-time
payment made by the registrant.
3. Verification
can take up to 8 weeks to complete and is subject to registrants providing HPAC
with all needed information, evidence and materials in a timely manner. Failure
to provide any required information, evidence, materials or a valid means of
payments requested by HPAC may result in a delay in registration. No refunds
will be issued for periods of non-verification where the delay in processing
verification is as a result of registrants not supplying requested information,
evidence and materials in a timely manner.
4. You
may only re-apply to the HPAC Council register after 12 months have passed
since deregistration.
5.
Replacement of HPAC Identity Cards
1. All ID
cards issued by HPAC remain the property of HPAC. Due to the high cost in
producing each HPAC ID card the fee to replacing lost, stolen or damaged cards
is £30 for members with more than 3 months before your current ID card expires.
2. You
are required to first return your current ID card we via prepaid postage
provided by HPAC, alternatively, you can provide us with photographic evidence
of your current ID card having been destroyed by a shredder.
6.
Submitting content to Health Practice Associates Council CIC
1. Whenever
you make use of any feature on our website, or to make contact with any other
users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our
Acceptable Use Policy.
2. You
must take all reasonable precautions to include using appropriate virus
checking software to ensure that any information, content, material or data you
provide is free from viruses, spyware, malicious software, Trojans, worms,
logic bombs and anything else which may have a contaminating, harmful or
destructive effect on any part of this website or the websites of any third
parties or any other technology.
3. You
must check and ensure that all information, content, material, or data you
provide on this website is correct, complete, accurate, and not misleading and
that you disclose all relevant facts. We do not accept any responsibility or
liability for any loss or damage you may suffer or incur if any information,
content, material or data you provide on this website is not correct, complete
and accurate or if it is misleading or if you fail to disclose all relevant
facts.
4. By
submitting user content for publication on this website, you are confirming
that you accept the Terms and Conditions of our website use together with our
Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy. Further, by
submitting user content, you warrant that any user content submitted by you
complies with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy and
that you will be able to indemnify us for any breach of the warranty contained
in our Acceptable Use Policy. This means that you will be responsible for any
loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.
5. We
have the right to promptly remove, disable access to or refuse to upload, any
user content (or other content) which we deem to be, or which is notified to us
as being, potentially defamatory of any person, unlawful, fraudulent,
misleading in violation of any third party rights or contravention of these
terms of use and/or our Acceptable Use Policy.
6. We
have the right to move, edit, close or delete any thread, for any reason,
including but not limited to the more efficient administration or organisation
of this site.
7. You
are solely responsible and liable for your conduct on this website and for the
user content that you place on this website. You must ensure that you own your
user content or otherwise have the right to grant the license. Your user
content must not violate or infringe any privacy rights, intellectual property
rights such as copyright, database rights, and trademarks or other rights of
any third party including any right of confidentiality. Your user content must
not violate or infringe any law.
8. You
agree that you will be liable to us for any damage, loss, claim, demand,
liability, or expense including reasonable legal fees that we may suffer or
incur arising out of or in connection with your conduct on this website and/or
your user content.
7.
Qualification verification, identity, background and character checks
1. All
applicants to the register and users consent to HPAC contacting any person or
organisation to obtain further information about their application or to verify
the information that is provided; and agree that any person who is so contacted
may provide HPAC with any information about the applicant which that person or
organisation holds and HPAC may, in turn, share the identity and evidence
supplied by the applicant to HPAC with any organisation HPAC deems to be
relevant in assisting in the validation of evidence process.
2. If
supporting evidence is found to be inadequate for grade applied for either an
alternative grade of a lower scope of practice will be recommended or the
application rejected. Additionally, even if evidence has been previously
approved and verified if it discovered that the approval was made in error or
is deemed to no longer meet the standard for the registered grade the
registrant's grade may be amended to a lower scope of practice or registration
status withdrawn entirely. HPAC accepts no liability for loss of earnings or
reputation as it is firstly the registrant's responsibility to ensure that the
appropriate grade has been applied for based on training and qualification
achieved.
3. If an applicant to the HPAC register has previously been struck off or suspended by any professionals’ register and remains so at the time of applying to register with the HPAC, the application cannot be progressed any further and his/her details will be removed from our application process with immediate effect, if your circumstances change however you can consider re-applying at a later date.
3.1 Failure to declare such sanctions by a Professionals' register against yourself may lead to HPAC taking further action. This term is applicable to all current and new applications. This term is applicable to all applications not yet accepted, both current and new.
4. Checks
may include:
· Verification
of the identity documents submitted by the applicant
· Confirmation
from education providers that the applicant’s qualifications are genuine
· Confirmation
of the applicant’s good standing and character
· Identity,
address, driver's licence, passport number checks with Identity checking
service providers – this will leave a footprint on your credit record, however,
this is a soft check and does not affect your credit score.
· An
enhanced background check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
· Sharing
of any documents supplied as evidence of training or qualification with a
relevant organisation
· Identifying
the registrant to the organisations with whom HPAC conduct these checks
8.
Additional Education/Training & Skills declared by the registrant.
1. HPAC
notes additional competencies beyond those traditionally associated with
clinician grade, but does not/cannot authorise extended practice. The actual
scope of practice is the responsibility of the individual and/or their employer
with reference to the relevant law/guidelines/training/competencies in
accordance with practice jurisdiction.
9.
Safeguarding Alerts, Cautions, Suspensions and Reporting Concerns
1. Any
outstanding or anticipated complaints must be declared by the registrant upon registration
and during their time as an active registrant on HPAC.
2. All
registrants are required to immediately self-report any investigations which
reflect upon their clinical competency, professionalism or ability to practice
within 15 days after the investigation is commenced.
3. HPAC
fully co-operates with law enforcement agencies as well as all other statutory
services within the UK and abroad. As such if a concern is raised against a
registrant on our registry in relation to a police investigation, HPAC is given
expressed permission by the registrant to contact the police to verify if the
allegations are hearsay or valid. If they are found to be valid and the
registrant has not self-reported this may result in an immediate interim suspension.
4. Concerns
raised by a statutory service such as police, fire and rescue as NHS will
result in an immediate and proportionate response in relation to the concern
raised. Full liability for any subsequent legal action from the registrant
reported falls to the organisation or service which submitted the concern to
HPAC. HPAC may update the registrant status based on the outcome of the
investigation being undertaken by the reporting statutory service or the
decision of the courts should their decision be successfully challenged by the
registrant. For example, if a registrant has been suspended or had a caution
added to their registration in response to a credible safeguarding concern but
is subsequently cleared the registration will be updated to reflect an active
status without any active concerns.
5. HPAC
accepts no liability for loss of earnings or reputation damage that may result
from safeguarding or professional conduct concerns raised against a registrant.
The individual or organisation reporting any concern or concerns accepts full
liability for any subsequent actions a registrant may peruse in defence of
their registration status or subsequent damages they may claim to encounter as
a result. Resolution of such matters will not be via HPAC and must be settled
between the complainant and the registrant either in court or via their elected
representatives.
6. In
line with the safeguarding act the law does not prevent the sharing of
sensitive, personal information between organisations where the public interest
served outweighs the public interest served by protecting confidentiality – for
example, where a registrant has falsely claimed to possess qualifications to
practice as a clinician by falsifying, misleading or withholding key information
that would prevent their registration as said clinician. As such safeguarding
concerns may be shared both with organisations registered on HPAC and with
external organisations relevant to the providing of safe care to the public.
7. By
registering with Health Practice Associates Council CIC you agree to and accept
that if a serious concern is reported to HPAC regarding your fitness to
practice safely we may at any time activate a caution or suspension
notification on your profile. This may be reflected on your public profile and
until such time as the matter is resolved.
8. If a
suspension notification is active account access will be suspended until such
time it is removed.
9. HPAC
will endeavor to co-operate with any police or court requests for registrant
information. As far as is essentially relevant to a police investigation
documents supplied to HPAC by a registrant may be shared with the police or
courts without notifying the registrant.
10. By
registering with HPAC or submitting a concern you accept in full this process
and any subsequent liabilities.
10.
Event Log
1. As
part of HPAC's safeguarding system all organisations a registrant is associated
to may view all event logs entered by third party organisations. HPAC accepts
no liability of these comments and it is up to the registrant and complainant
to resolve.
11.
Code of Conduct
1. HPAC
is currently outlining its own code of conduct, however, all registrants must
conduct themselves in accordance with the code of conduct, standards,
performance and ethics of the employing or commissioning organisation.
2. Registrants
must be honest in all their dealings with HPAC, Employers, commissioning
organisations and service users. Registrants must self-report any changes in
their circumstances which could affect their fitness to practice.
12.
Complaint Handling
1. If you
wish to complain about any user content posted on our website by a third party,
or any other content which appears on our site, please contact us via the
website contact form or at the postal address given at the beginning of these
Terms and Conditions.
2. Please
precisely identify the user content or other content about which you are
notifying us, including the page of the site on which it is posted. You should
provide us with full details of your complaint and if you are alleging
copyright infringement, evidence that you own the copyright. We will then
review the material and decide whether it complies with the content standards
set out in our Acceptable Use Policy. We will deal appropriately with any user
content or other content which, in our opinion, violates those content
standards. We will endeavor to inform you of the outcome of our review within a
reasonable time of receiving your complaint.
3. HPAC
as a rule will not investigate anonymous complaints.
4. The
complaints form must be completed in full and can be found on the home page or
via this link: https://www.HPAC-uk.org/concerns_report_form
5. All
complaints received which meet the threshold for investigation will be shared
with relevant organisations/stakeholders.
13.
Account Closure
1. A
minimum of 30 days notice is required for deregistration or closure of
your account, due to the nature of the register this can only be done by
completing an account deregistration request form either online or by
recorded telephone exit interview. You agree that in the interest of public
safeguarding a record of all qualification evidence and statements supplied
will be retained by HPAC for up to 3 years from the date of account closure.
You agree that if you ask us to deregister your account access to your
profile will be revoked upon closure request to prevent data alteration. If a
registrant has been shown to supply HPAC with fraudulent information or if a
safeguarding concern is successfully raised against registrants who have
already deregistered their account, this information will be shared with
relevant law enforcement and any other agencies related to public safeguarding
in line with the safeguarding act. If proven evidence of fraud, patient
endangerment or conduct which would have resulted in a caution or similar
notification being applied to your account is submitted to HPAC during the 3
year period after account closure your public profile will be updated with a
warning reflecting the gravitas of the proven incident.
2. If you
are a verified member and you choose to close your account you must return your
ID Card to Chantry House, 22 Upperton Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1BF within 15 days
of account closure request. Proof of postage is required, if you fail to return
your ID card you agree to pay £30 for failure to return the card. If closing
your account before the completion of your annually renewed 12-month contract
cycle the remaining months must be paid in full. Additionally, any outstanding
payments for additional services purchased from HPAC on a payment plan will be
charged for in full immediately via your registered payment card or bank
account.
3. Your
account will no longer appear as verified and will be marked as expired or
archived.
4. You may
only re-apply to the HPAC Council register after 12 months have passed since
de-registration.
5. If
your account is marked as expired, suspended or has been archived, you may not
present yourself as an active member of the register under any circumstances.
6. If
your account is marked as expired, suspended or has been archived, you may not
under any circumstances make use of your HPAC ID card, the HPAC logo or any
other HPAC related material be it physical, digital or otherwise to present yourself
as an active or endorsed member of the register, either directly or indirectly.
14.
RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN
1. In
line with the safeguarding act and in agreement of the principles relating to
the purposes and mechanisms for the HPAC registry to be effective as a national
safeguarding tool:
2. YOU
ARE EXPRESSLY AGREEING THAT YOUR DETAILS CAN BE HELD AND SHARED (WHERE RELEVANT
TO PUBLIC SAFETY/INTEREST) IN FULL UP TO 3 YEARS AFTER ACCOUNT CLOSURE OR
REQUESTING THAT YOU BE FORGOTTEN.
3. *ADDITIONALLY,YOU
AGREE THAT HPAC MAY RECORD AND STORE THE BASIC STATUS OF YOUR ACCOUNT UPON
CLOSURE IN PERPETUITY AS A REFERENCE POINT SHOULD YOU WISH TO RE-APPY TO THE
REGISTRY IN THE FUTURE.
4. *This
includes your name, surname, grade, PIN number, date of birth and departing
status and reasons behind any concerns i.e. Caution/Suspended.
5. All
new applications which become dormant due to lack of response or interaction
from individuals during the verification process will be archived after 60 days
of dormancy and stored on our system in line with the aforementioned terms.
15.
Data Protection Officer
Satswana
Ltd
Pembroke
House, St Christopher's PlaceFarnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0NH
Farnborough,
Hampshire, GU14 0NH
Email:
[email protected]
Tel:
01252 516898
16.
Intellectual Property
1. By
submitting user content to the website, a non-exclusive license is granted to
Health Practice Associates Council to use that user content, except where such
user content consists of a private message. Although you will still own the
copyright in your own user content, we will have the right to freely use, edit,
alter, reproduce, publish and/or distribute the material contained in your user
content on the website. Any such license is free of charge, perpetual and
capable of sub-license.
2. We
keep this information securely, and will not reveal it to any associated third
parties. In addition, all members of Health Practice Associates Council staff
and volunteers are bound by our data protection policy.
3. We
will never sell or rent registrant personal information to third parties.
Organisations making use of this site agree to our data protection policy and
are fully liable and accountable for their use of registrant information.
Organisations can only access detailed information regarding registrants if
expressly granted access by that individual via the association request system.
We also receive requests for statistics about the number of Health Practice
Associates Council by, for example, age, area, or gender. We do release these
statistics, but we make sure that no health practice associate can be identified.
4. The
only information that we display about you on our public-facing register is
your name, registration number, primary qualification, dates of current
registration cycle, the approximate geographical area of practice, and any
conditions on your registration.
5. We
draw your attention to the Acceptable Use Policy and remind you of your
obligation to ensure that any user content placed on the website complies with
our content standards as set out in that Acceptable Use Policy. You must ensure
that your user content does not infringe copyright, database right, trademark
or intellectual property of any other person. By submitting user content to
this website, you are warranting that you have the right to grant us the
non-exclusive copyright license as mentioned above.
17.
Disclaimer
1. All
content on our site (including but not limited to user content) is provided for
general information only without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to
its accuracy. It is not intended to amount to advice (of any nature) upon which
you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before
taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content of our site.
2. Although
we aim to update our site regularly, we are under no obligation to do so and
any of the material on the site may be out of date at any given time.
18.
Our Intellectual Property (IP)
1. Copyright
in the information, data, content or other material displayed on this website
is owned by Health Practice Associates Council and is managed and maintained by
its software licence provider UbiquiCore Limited. Our copyright cannot be used
for any commercial purpose without our prior written consent. Any copy must
retain all copyright or other intellectual property notices contained in the
original material. Images displayed on this website are protected by copyright
and may not be reproduced without our prior written consent. Logos, trademarks
or other service marks displayed in this website may not be printed or
downloaded except as part of the text of which they form a part.
2. All
intellectual property of HPAC is protected by copyright law and any attempt to
replicate, recreate or otherwise emulate IP content on our site without our
expressed permission is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action
being taken.
3. All
content on our site (including but not limited to user content) is provided for
general information only without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to
its accuracy. It is not intended to amount to advice (of any nature) upon which
you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking,
or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content of our site.
19.
Non-Compete
1. By
applying to register with Health Practice Associates Council and by continuing
to make use of our site you confirm that you and/or your organisation are not
currently directly or indirectly engaged in any competitive business related to
the creation and/or maintenance of a non-statutory regulated register for roles
within the UK who are currently on the HPAC register. This includes but is not
limited to: (i) engaging in a business as owner, partner, or agent, (ii)
becoming an employee or third party that is engaged in such business,
for-profit, not-for-profit or otherwise, (iii) soliciting any registrants or
organisations on Health Practice Associates Council for the benefit of a third
party that is engaged in such business.
20.
Information sharing with external regulatory bodies
1. Where
deemed relevant, HPAC can and will share details or concerns regarding an
application/registration with other regulatory bodies we believe a registrant
may be linked to.
2. HPAC
may request information from regulatory bodies regarding registrants/applicants
where deemed relevant.
3. HPAC
has the right to refuse registration, suspend registration, apply a caution to
an existing registration or any similar course of action if dishonesty, fraud
or any failure to meet the standards of conduct, competency, and proficiency is
detected.
4. HPAC
may make a referral to a relevant external regulatory body based on information
ascertained at any point during a registrant's involvement with HPAC where deemed
necessary or in the public interest to do so.
21.
Liability and limitation
1. Nothing
in these terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury
caused by our negligence or for our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
2. We use
reasonable endeavors to ensure that information on this website is accurate and
up to date and to correct errors as soon as we are able to after becoming aware
of them. We do not check, monitor or review, verify or endorse such material in
any way. We are not responsible or liable for any loss or damage you may suffer
or incur in connection with, any information, content, material or data
collected from or provided by third parties which are displayed on or are
otherwise available from this website or any third party websites. Such
information, content, material or data may be inaccurate, incomplete or out of
date. It is your responsibility to check that such information, content,
material or data is accurate, complete, correct, and up to date.
3. Any
views, opinions, advice, reviews, ratings or comments on this website or any
third party website which are made by third parties, do not represent our
views, opinions or advice and should not be relied upon by you and are not
checked, monitored, reviewed, verified or endorsed by us. We are not
responsible or liable for any loss or damage you may suffer or incur in
connection with such views, opinions, advice, reviews, ratings or comments
including in relation to their accuracy, truthfulness or completeness.
4. We do
not give any warranty or guarantee that this website, any third-party website
or any information, content, material or data on this website or any third
party website is free from viruses, spyware, malicious software, Trojan’s
worms, logic bombs or anything else which may have a contaminating, harmful or
destructive effect on any technology. You must ensure that you use appropriate
virus checking software. We are not responsible or liable for any loss or
damage you may suffer or incur in this regard were caused by any third party.
5. We are
not responsible or liable for any loss or damage you may suffer or incur in
connection with your use of this website which is caused by any event beyond
our reasonable control including the electronic transmission of information,
content, material and data over the internet and the interception or
description of it by others.
6. We are
not responsible or liable for any indirect loss or damage you may suffer or
incur in connection with your use of this website including any loss of savings
you expect to make, loss of business or business opportunity or loss of profit
or revenue or for any loss or damage you may suffer or incur in connection with
your use of this website which was not foreseeable by us when you used this
website.
7. We are
not responsible for any loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether
caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if
foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss or
damage to your tangible property or any other claims for indirect financial
loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.
8. Where
our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties,
these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the
contents of those sites or resources, and we expressly exclude liability for
any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. You use any
third-party sites and resources at your own risk and you are responsible for
assessing the suitability of any goods or services advertised by such third
parties before signing up or placing an order for such goods or services.
9. Where
you contract with a third party, they will be providing goods and services to
you on their own Terms and Conditions. You must ensure you understand and agree
to these Terms and Conditions before entering into a contract to obtain that
product or service. We are not responsible or liable for any loss or damage you
may suffer or incur in connection with the Terms and Conditions applying to any
contract entered into by you with any third party in relation to any product or
service or any acts, omissions, errors or defaults of any third party in
connection with those Terms and Conditions.
22.
Associated Organisations
1. By
granting a third party organisation associate status, you agree to their making
use of your information in the manner they deem fit. This includes but is not
limited to the sharing and recording of clinical, operational, correctional,
educational, complimentary and complaint-based information in relation to you.
This information will be permanently recorded in the events segment of your
profile some or all of which may be made visible to other third-party
organisations to whom you grant associate status.
2. Please
be aware that, with the exception of private messages, all content you post on
our site is available to view by organisations you grant associate status,
which means that it is visible to all organisational users of our site to whom
you grant associate status. Please do not disclose any personal information on
our site which you do not wish to make public. A limited version of your
information will also be publicly available to view, which means that it is
visible to public users of our site. This includes if your profile is
deregistered, suspended or has been restricted in any manner HPAC
administration.
3. If you
would like to restrict how much of your profile information can be seen by
other users, you can do so by editing your associated organisations in your
profile settings section of this website.
23.
Jurisdiction and applicable law
1. The
English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or
related to, a visit to our site although we retain the right to bring
proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of
residence or any other relevant country.
2. These
terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them
or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or
claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of
England and Wales.
24.
Variations
1. The
content of the pages of this website is for general information and use only.
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are
expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any change we
have made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in
these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published
elsewhere on our website.
25.
Use of HPAC banners and logo
1. If you
would like to link to our site, please read the following conditions. The use
of the HPAC banner and/or logo is subject to you agreeing to these terms:
2. Health
Practice Associates Council are the sole owners of the HPAC logo. Your use of
the logo acknowledges Health Practice Associates Council ownership of the logo.
3. Health
Practice Associates Council reserves the right to take action against any use
of the logo that does not conform to any of the conditions herein, or that
infringes any intellectual property or other rights of Health Practice
Associates Council or violates applicable law. All use of or the goodwill
associated with the HPAC logo will convey to the benefit of Health Practice
Associates Council.
4. Use of
the HPAC logo does not indicate or create any endorsement, approval,
sponsorship or affiliation of or with your website by Health Practice
Associates Council.
5. The
HPAC logo is provided without warranties of any kind, express or implied,
including without limitation, warranties of the title of non- infringement. Use
of the logo is solely at your own risk.
6. Health
Practice Associates Council hereby grants you a license to use the HPAC logo,
provided that you agree:
7. The
logo will be used solely for the purpose of linking to the HPAC website.
8. The
link will always be an active link.
9. The
HPAC logo will always stand alone and will not be combined with any other
graphical elements.
10. The
HPAC logo will not be altered in any manner including its proportions, font,
design, arrangement, colours or elements or animated, morphed or otherwise
distorted in perspective or appearance.
11. The
HPAC logo will not appear more prominently than your personal, company, product
or service website name.
12. The
HPAC logo will be displayed in a positive manner and will not be used in any
way that adversely affects Health Practice Associates Council credibility.
13. You
will not transfer, assign, sell, reproduce, distribute or otherwise exploit
your link to us or your use of our logo.
14. The
HPAC logo will appear as provided by Health Practice Associates Council.
15. The
HPAC logo will not appear on any pages of websites including content or
advertising for alcoholic beverages, tobacco, religious or political material
or firearms.
16. The
HPAC logo will not appear on pages including content, which Health Practice
Associates Council finds in its sole discretion to be objectionable or which
includes obscene, pornographic, violent, intolerant, tasteless, denigrating or
sexually-oriented content or materials.
17. The
HPAC logo will not create or give the appearance of creating an endorsement,
approval, sponsorship, affiliation or recommendation of any product or service
by Health Practice Associates Council
18. The
use of phrases on your own website, online forums or on promotional material of
any kind which imply endorsement of any kind by HPAC/Health Practice Associates
Council must be approved in writing by Health Practice Associates Council.
19. The
HPAC logo will not be used or displayed in any way that disparages Health
Practice Associates Council or its software provider, infringes any
intellectual property or other rights of Health Practice Associates Council,
violates any national or international law, or diminishes or otherwise damages
Health Practice Associates Council goodwill in the logo.
20. Health
Practice Associates Council reserves the right to make any change to the
information and/or license provided herein at any time for any reason. You
acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for keeping up with any such
changes.
21. Health
Practice Associates Council also reserves the right to revoke the logo license
for any reason, in which case you agree to remove the link and stop the use of
the logo within 2 business days of notice of revocation. In such a case, you
will be prohibited from reinstating the link or using the logo without further
written permission from Health Practice Associates Council.
26.
Agreement to HPAC terms and policy
1. If you
select free or paid for registration to our website we do insist that all users
abide by our rules and policies. When you register with our site, you confirm
that you accept and agree on the terms of our website use, our Privacy Policy,
our Acceptable Use Policy and our Cookie Policy.
2. The
continued use of our site constitutes your agreement and understanding and your
use of this site is subject to the aforementioned policies and that you
understand what conduct and content is and is not acceptable on our site.
27.
Miscellaneous
1. HPAC
makes no warranty or representation that any product or service referred to on
this website or any service we provide is available or otherwise appropriate
for use outside of the United Kingdom. If you choose to use this website from
locations outside the United Kingdom, you do so at your sole risk and you are
responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws.
2. If any
provision of these terms is held to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that
provision shall be deemed deleted from these terms and the validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms shall not be
affected.
3. These
Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us relating to your
access to and use of this website and supersede any prior agreements (including
any previous terms of use of this website).
28.
Provision of false or misleading information is an offence
1. Any
registrants identified as having purposefully supplied false or misleading
information in respect of their identity, DBS, clinical qualifications or blue
light driving entitlement either preceding registration acceptance or
post-acceptance will be reported to the relevant authorities on grounds of
fraud as well as public endangerment and legal action may be taken against them
by Health Practice Associates Council CIC.
2. In
line with the safeguarding act 2014, any registrants found to have provided
false or misleading information will be subsequently reported to associated
organisations both nationally and internationally.
3. A
suspension notice will be applied to your public profile and remain live for a
minimum of three years.
4. For
clarification the presence of an interim-suspension, expired or inactive notice
on a registration is not an indication that a registrant is guilty of any
offence.
5. HPAC
accepts no liability for loss of earnings or reputation during this period, if
you do not agree to these terms please do not register. Please ensure you have
read our full terms and conditions before registering, thank you.
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