TERMS OF USE
Welcome to the Franklin Pediatric Associates website. By accessing, browsing, or using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of the website.
1. Website Purpose
This website is intended to provide general information about Franklin Pediatric Associates, our healthcare services, providers, office resources, and topics related to pediatric health. The website does not replace direct evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, or other medical care from a qualified healthcare professional.
2. No Physician-Patient Relationship
Use of this website, including reading information, submitting a general inquiry, completing a website form, or requesting an appointment, does not by itself establish a physician-patient relationship with Franklin Pediatric Associates or any of its providers.
A physician-patient relationship is established only through appropriate professional healthcare services provided by Franklin Pediatric Associates.
3. Medical Emergencies
If you believe your child is experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or seek immediate emergency medical care.
Do not rely on this website, website forms, email, appointment requests, or other non-emergency electronic communications for urgent or emergency medical needs.
4. Medical Information Disclaimer
Information presented on this website is provided for general educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical care.
Medical recommendations, guidelines, and standards of care may change over time, and information that is appropriate for one patient may not be appropriate for another. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional regarding questions or concerns about a child's health.
5. Children and Minors Using This Website
Franklin Pediatric Associates provides healthcare services to children and adolescents. However, general website forms and non-clinical website communications are intended primarily for use by parents, legal guardians, or other authorized adults acting on behalf of a child.
Minors should not submit sensitive personal, medical, financial, insurance, or other confidential information through general website forms without appropriate parent or guardian involvement, except where otherwise permitted by applicable law.
Information concerning children and minors is addressed further in our Website Privacy Policy and Notice of Privacy Practices.
6. Permitted and Prohibited Use
You may use this website only for lawful, personal, and informational purposes. You may not:
- Use the website for unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, or deceptive purposes.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any website, server, account, database, network, or connected system.
- Interfere with, disrupt, disable, overburden, or impair the operation or security of the website.
- Introduce viruses, malware, malicious software, harmful code, or other disruptive technology.
- Submit false, misleading, fraudulent, or impersonating information through website forms or communications.
- Scrape, harvest, extract, copy, or collect website information or information concerning other visitors or patients without authorization.
- Use automated means to access or interact with the website in a manner that places an unreasonable burden on the website or its systems.
- Copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, modify, or commercially exploit website content without authorization, except as permitted by law.
Franklin Pediatric Associates may restrict or terminate access to the website where misuse, unlawful activity, or a threat to website security is reasonably suspected.
7. Website Content
Franklin Pediatric Associates makes reasonable efforts to provide accurate and useful information. However, healthcare information and practice information may change over time.
We do not guarantee that all website content will always be complete, current, accurate, available, or free from errors. Franklin Pediatric Associates may revise, remove, or update website content at any time without prior notice.
8. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, text, graphics, logos, design elements, photographs, images, videos, documents, and other original content appearing on this website are owned by, licensed to, or used with permission by Franklin Pediatric Associates and may be protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
Website content may not be reproduced, distributed, modified, republished, displayed, transmitted, or used commercially without prior authorization, except as permitted by applicable law.
9. Third-Party Websites and Services
This website may contain links to third-party websites, patient portals, medical resources, scheduling platforms, maps, social media platforms, or other external services. These links are provided for convenience and informational purposes. Franklin Pediatric Associates does not control and is not responsible for the availability, content, accuracy, privacy practices, security, accessibility, or policies of third-party websites or services.
The inclusion of a third-party link does not necessarily constitute endorsement of that third party or its products, services, or content.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties
The website and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Franklin Pediatric Associates makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the website or its content, including warranties regarding availability, accuracy, completeness, reliability, security, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Franklin Pediatric Associates does not warrant that the website will operate without interruption, delay, error, technical failure, security vulnerability, or harmful components.
11. Website Availability
Franklin Pediatric Associates may modify, suspend, discontinue, restrict, or remove any portion of the website at any time. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or continuous access to the website and are not responsible for temporary unavailability caused by maintenance, technical problems, third-party services, internet outages, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Franklin Pediatric Associates and its physicians, providers, employees, representatives, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for losses, damages, claims, costs, or injuries arising solely from reliance on general information contained on this website, use or inability to use the website, interruption of website availability, or use of third-party websites or services linked from this website.
Nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to exclude, restrict, or waive any right, duty, responsibility, or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or waived.
13. Privacy and Protected Health Information
Use of this website is also subject to our Website Privacy Policy. Franklin Pediatric Associates' use and disclosure of protected health information is governed separately by our Notice of Privacy Practices and applicable federal and state privacy laws.
Unless a website feature is specifically identified as a secure method for communicating protected health information, visitors should not submit detailed medical or other sensitive information through general website forms.
14. Changes to These Terms
Franklin Pediatric Associates may revise these Terms of Use periodically. Updated terms will be posted on this website with a revised effective date.
Your continued use of the website after revised Terms of Use are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
15. Governing Law
These Terms of Use are governed by applicable federal law and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, any legal action arising solely from use of this website or these Terms of Use shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Pennsylvania.
16. Contact Information
Questions regarding these Terms of Use may be directed to:
Practice Franklin Pediatric Associates
Owner Dr. Amaka Nnamani
Address: 110 N 13th St, Franklin, PA 16323
Phone: (814) 437-1541
Email: admin@franklinpedsfamilies.com