Terms of Use

Please read these terms of use carefully.

These Terms of Use describe rules for users of this Pet Chaplain website. This website is owned and operated by the Association for Veterinary Pastoral Education (AVPE), also doing business as Pet Chaplain. When we use the words us, we, or our, we mean AVPE. These Terms of Use were last updated on August 20, 2023. We may change these Terms of Use at any time. By using this website, it means you accept the most recent version of the terms of use.

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About the information on this website

Much of the information on this website relates to products and services offered by the AVPE. The materials on this website are for your educational information only. Information you read on this website cannot replace the relationship that you have with your healthcare professional. The AVPE does not practice medicine or provide medical services or advice, and the information on this website should not be considered medical advice. You should always talk to your healthcare professional for diagnosis and treatment.

Our copyrights and trademarks

The materials on this website belong to or are licensed to us. The materials are protected by United States and foreign copyright laws. There are some important rules about copying these materials. You may e-mail, download, or print copies of the materials on this website, but only for your personal, noncommercial use. When you e-mail, download, or print a copy of the materials on this website, you must also include all copyright and other notices that are in the materials, including the copyright notice on the bottom of the page. We also own the names we use for our products and services on this website, and these names are protected by United States and foreign trademark laws. An ® following a name on our website indicates that the trademark has been registered in the United States. A TM following a name on our website indicates that it is an unregistered trademark. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Style guide for trademark and logo use

The parameters for use of the trademarks and logos on this website are as follows:

The Pet Chaplain® and Pet Chapel® trademarks shall be accurately shown. Stylizing the trademarks or creating a graphic or logo using the marks is not permitted.
The trademarks and logos shall not be incorporated into any other mark or symbol.

The trademarks and logos shall not be used as part of your company, organization, or product or service name.

The trademarks shall not be used as an internet domain name or as any part of a domain name.

Who can use the trademarks or logos

Only authorized users can use or display the materials, trademarks, or logos on this website. You agree not to display or use the trademarks or logos in any manner without our prior written permission.

If you use the materials, trademarks, or logos in a way that is not clearly allowed by these Terms of Use, you are violating your agreement with us and may be violating copyright, trademark, and other laws. In that case, we automatically revoke your permission to use the trademarks, logos, and this website. Title to the materials remains with us or with the authors of the materials contained on this website. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

Links to this website and use of our trademarks

You are hereby granted a non-exclusive, limited, and revocable license to link to this website. The AVPE reserves the right to revoke this license generally, or your right to use specific links, at any time. If the AVPE revokes this license, you agree to remove and disable any and all of your links to this website immediately. You agree not to present the link to this website in such a way that it is associated with advertising or appears to be an endorsement of any organization, product, or service. You agree that the link will not appear on a website that a reasonable person may consider obscene, defamatory, harassing, grossly offensive, or malicious. Under no circumstances may you “frame” this website or any of its content or copy portions of this website to a server. You agree not to display or use the Pet Chaplain® or Pet Chapel® logos or trademarks in any manner without our prior written permission.

Links to other websites

This website may contain links to websites not operated by the AVPE. We provide these links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the materials on any other websites. These websites may contain information about uses of AVPE products or services that have not been approved in the United States. We do not control or endorse this type of information. We are not responsible for the performance of those websites or for your business dealings with them. Your use of other websites is subject to the terms of use of those websites, including the privacy policies of those websites.

Your feedback, comments, and ideas

While we are pleased to receive feedback, comments, and ideas from visitors to this website, we want you to understand that any information that you submit through this website will be considered non-personal, non-confidential, and non-proprietary (other than personal information, as that term is defined in our Privacy Policy). If you transmit any ideas, information, concepts, know-how or techniques or materials to us through this website, you hereby grant the AVPE an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute them in any medium; and agree that the AVPE is free to use them for any purpose.

NO WARRANTIES

ALL CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE AVPE HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE AVPE MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE. THE AVPE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT USE OF THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ANY CONTENT YOU MAY OBTAIN FROM THIS WEBSITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES AND ANY OTHER POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE COMPUTER CODE.

Some states do not allow limitations on implied warranties, so one or more of the above limitations may not apply to you.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER THE AVPE NOR ANY PERSON OR COMPANY ASSOCIATED WITH THE AVPE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE. THIS PROTECTION COVERS CLAIMS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, AND ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. THIS PROTECTION COVERS THE AVPE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND SUPPLIERS MENTIONED ON THIS WEBSITE. THIS PROTECTION COVERS ALL LOSSES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION. THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF THE AVPE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, IF ANY, FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF YOUR ACTUAL DAMAGES, NOT TO EXCEED U.S. $ 100.00. THE LIMIT OF LIABILITY MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN SOME STATES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AVPE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES OTHER THAN THE AMOUNT DESCRIBED ABOVE. ALL OTHER DAMAGES, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE, RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF THE WEBSITE OR MATERIALS ARE EXCLUDED EVEN IF THE AVPE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Other rules about this website

In addition to the rules in these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, you may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas in this website, or follow a link from this website. Please read our Privacy Policy to learn how we protect and use information we gather through this website. Your obligations under this section and the sections called “Your Feedback,” “No Warranties” and “Limitation of Liability” will survive termination of these Terms of Use. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition. If you violate these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy in a way that causes harm to others, you agree to hold the AVPE harmless against any liability for that harm. By using this website, you agree that the only proper jurisdiction and venue for any dispute with the AVPE, or in any way relating to your use of this website, is in the state and federal courts in the State of North Carolina, United States of America. You further agree and consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in these courts in connection with any dispute involving the AVPE or its affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, or suppliers. These Terms of Use are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of North Carolina, without respect to its conflict of laws and principles, and the federal laws of the United States of America.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND NOTICES

The AVPE may deliver notice to you by electronic mail, a general notice on this website, or by written communication delivered by First Class U.S. Mail to your address on record with the AVPE. You may deliver notice to the AVPE by using the Contact Us feature.