Terms of Use

The  PCMHS Web site is a complimentary information service provided by  PCMHS  and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health as a convenience to users, with the express condition that users agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this User Agreement.   PCMHS reserves the right to change the User Agreement terms and conditions at any time, and you must consult the most recent version of  this User Agreement each time that you visit our Web site. Use of the  PCMHS  Web site constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions included below.

Limitation of Liability

You agree that you will hold harmless SCDMH,  PCMHS and its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this Web site or the information contained in this Web site or other Web sites to which it is linked. You also agree that  PCMHS or the contributors of information to this Web site shall NOT be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on information provided on the PCMHS web site or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Disclaimer on Professional Advice

The information provided on the PCMHS Web site is provided for general information only. It is not intended as legal, medical or other professional advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations with qualified professionals who are familiar with your individual needs.

Disclaimer of Warranty

PCMHS makes no warranties of any kind concerning this Web site, including but not limited to any warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any warranty that these pages, or the server that makes them available, are free of viruses or other harmful elements, and such warranties are expressly disclaimed.

Endorsements

PCMHS may provide links to other Web sites, which are not under the control of  PCMHS  and/or  SCDMH. These links are included as a convenience to you and are not intended as an endorsement by PCMHS of the organization or individual operating the Web site.  You understand that the opinions and recommendations included in those web sites are not necessarily those of  PCMHS or endorsed by PCMHS. 

Usage of Content

 PCMHS Web site, including - but not limited to -- text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips is proprietary to  PCMHS unless otherwise indicated, all information contained on this web site may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, distributed or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without  PCMHS's prior permission, except that the user may make such temporary copies in a single computer's RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the Web site,  and the user may make one permanent printout of each page of the Web site to be used by the user for personal and uses which do not harm the reputation of PCMHS.

Jurisdiction

This Web site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by  PCMHS, which is headquartered in the state of South Carolina, in the United States of America.  It can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other locations around the world.  Each of these locations have laws that may differ from those of South Carolina. Therefore, by accessing this Web site both you and  PCMHS agree that the statutes and laws of South Carolina, without regard to principles of conflicts of law in South Carolina or elsewhere, shall apply to all matters arising from or relating to use of this Web site. You and  PCMHS also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal  jurisdiction and venue of the state and/or federal courts located closest in proximity to the SC Department of Mental Health should any matter arise related to  PCMHS.

Conduct

You agree that you are prohibited from using this site to commit fraudulent activities, violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation. Furthermore, no communications passing through this site may be defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing, obscene or contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.   PCMHS  will take immediate action to prevent violators of this policy from using our site.

Linking Information

PCMHS has a Policy for Web Site Links.   You agree to review the  PCMHS policy on links before either using the Web site and/or using the links provided by PCMHS on this Web site.