Terms of Use - LaurelBay

Welcome to the Laurel Bay Dental Group website.

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of laurelbay.com, including the Laurel Bay Practice Evaluation tool, website forms, content, resources, and other features made available through the website.

By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website.

1. About Laurel Bay

Laurel Bay Dental Group (“Laurel Bay,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides and develops non-clinical management, business, operational, and support services in connection with dental practices and dental professionals.

Dental care and professional clinical decision-making are performed and controlled by appropriately licensed dental professionals and professional entities as required by applicable law.

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as Laurel Bay directing or controlling a dentist’s independent clinical judgment, diagnosis, treatment planning, referral decisions, or standard of care.

2. Website Information Is General Information Only

The information on this website is provided for general informational and business purposes.

Although we attempt to provide useful and accurate information, website content may contain errors, omissions, estimates, assumptions, or information that later becomes outdated.

Laurel Bay does not guarantee that website content is complete, current, or appropriate for any particular individual, practice, transaction, or circumstance.

3. No Dental or Medical Advice

Nothing on this website constitutes dental, medical, or other clinical advice.

Use of this website does not establish:

A dentist-patient relationship
A healthcare provider-patient relationship
A clinical consultation
A professional treatment relationship

Individuals seeking dental or medical advice should consult an appropriately licensed healthcare professional.

4. No Legal, Tax, Accounting, Investment, or Financial Advice

Information provided by Laurel Bay through this website is not intended to constitute:

Legal advice
Tax advice
Accounting advice
Investment advice
Financial planning advice
Lending advice
A fairness opinion
A formal valuation opinion

You should consult your own qualified legal, tax, accounting, financial, and other professional advisors before making decisions involving a dental practice or business transaction.

5. Practice Evaluation Tool

Laurel Bay may provide a Practice Evaluation or similar interactive assessment designed to provide preliminary information concerning a dental practice.

Any score, estimate, classification, observation, analysis, or result generated through the Practice Evaluation is preliminary and informational only.

The Practice Evaluation is not:

A formal appraisal
A certified valuation
A business valuation opinion
An offer to purchase a practice
A letter of intent
A financing commitment
A commitment to enter into a transaction
A guarantee regarding purchase price
A representation regarding the future performance of a practice

Results may be based on information supplied by the user, automated calculations, assumptions, public information, and other preliminary factors.

Actual value, transaction structure, eligibility, purchase price, financing, and other terms may differ materially following verification, professional review, diligence, negotiation, or changes in circumstances.

6. Information You Submit

You are responsible for the accuracy and lawfulness of information you submit through the website.

By submitting information, you represent that:

You have authority to provide the information;
The information is not knowingly false or misleading;
Your submission does not violate another person’s legal rights;
Your submission does not improperly disclose confidential patient information.

Do Not Submit Patient Information

Do not submit patient names, patient records, protected health information (“PHI”), Social Security numbers, insurance identification numbers, or other patient-identifying information through Laurel Bay’s public website or Practice Evaluation tool.

7. No Confidentiality or NDA Created by Website Submission

Laurel Bay understands that information concerning a dental practice may be commercially sensitive.

However, submitting information through the website does not by itself create a nondisclosure agreement, fiduciary relationship, attorney-client relationship, partnership, joint venture, or other confidential relationship.

Laurel Bay may use reasonable internal confidentiality practices when reviewing submitted business information, but no contractual confidentiality obligation exists unless Laurel Bay and the applicable party enter into a separate written agreement providing otherwise.

If you wish to execute a nondisclosure agreement before disclosing particularly sensitive information, please contact Laurel Bay before submitting that information.

8. No Offer, Commitment, or Business Relationship

Nothing contained on this website constitutes an offer or commitment by Laurel Bay or any affiliated entity to:

Purchase a dental practice
Enter into an affiliation
Provide financing
Hire an individual
Provide equity
Provide specified compensation
Enter into a management agreement
Open a new dental practice
Complete any other transaction

A binding transaction exists only when the appropriate parties enter into definitive written agreements executed by authorized representatives.

Discussions, evaluations, emails, website submissions, meetings, preliminary proposals, and other communications may be exploratory and nonbinding unless expressly stated otherwise in a signed written agreement.

9. Dental Practice Transactions

Any potential acquisition, affiliation, management arrangement, de novo project, or other dental-practice transaction may be subject to:

Financial diligence
Clinical diligence where appropriate
Verification of information
Legal review
Regulatory compliance
Professional licensure requirements
Real estate review
Lender approval
Third-party consents
Valuation
Negotiation
Execution of definitive agreements
Other conditions appropriate to the transaction

Laurel Bay does not guarantee that an inquiry or Practice Evaluation will result in a transaction.

10. Clinical Independence

Laurel Bay supports the principle that appropriately licensed dental professionals retain responsibility for clinical care and professional judgment as required by applicable law.

Clinical matters may include, as applicable:

Diagnosis
Treatment planning
Standard of care
Clinical procedures
Patient referrals
Clinical supervision
Clinical documentation
Professional judgment

Nothing on this website is intended to suggest otherwise.

11. Employment and Career Information

Employment, clinical leadership, associate, and other career information displayed on this website is general in nature.

Job descriptions, responsibilities, compensation structures, benefits, bonuses, equity opportunities, professional-development programs, geographic availability, and other employment-related information may change and may be subject to eligibility requirements.

No website posting constitutes an employment contract or guarantee of employment.

Any employment relationship will be governed by the applicable written agreements, policies, and law.

12. Forward-Looking Information

The website may contain information regarding Laurel Bay’s anticipated growth, future locations, services, programs, partnership opportunities, hiring plans, operational initiatives, or other future expectations.

Such statements reflect current goals or expectations and are inherently uncertain.

Actual results, timing, programs, locations, services, compensation structures, and business opportunities may differ.

Nothing on this website constitutes a guarantee regarding Laurel Bay’s future growth or performance.

13. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the website and its contents are owned by or licensed to Laurel Bay and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

This includes, as applicable:

Text
Graphics
Logos
Branding
Website design
Software
Evaluation methodologies
Reports
Images
Videos
Other website materials

You may view and use the website for legitimate personal or business informational purposes.

You may not, without prior written permission:

Copy substantial portions of the website
Republish website materials
Sell or commercially exploit website content
Reverse engineer website tools
Scrape or systematically extract website data
Use Laurel Bay branding in a manner suggesting affiliation or endorsement
Remove copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices

14. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the website to:

Violate applicable law
Submit fraudulent or misleading information
Impersonate another person or entity
Introduce malware or malicious code
Attempt unauthorized access to website systems
Interfere with website security
Harvest information about other users
Conduct automated scraping without permission
Submit patient PHI
Infringe intellectual-property rights
Use the website for unlawful, abusive, or deceptive purposes

We may restrict or terminate website access where we reasonably believe misuse has occurred.

15. Third-Party Websites and Services

The website may contain links to third-party websites, products, platforms, or services.

These links are provided for convenience and do not necessarily constitute an endorsement.

Laurel Bay does not control and is not responsible for third-party websites, including their:

Content
Availability
Accuracy
Security
Privacy practices
Terms

Your use of third-party services is subject to their own terms and policies.

16. Website Availability

We may modify, suspend, discontinue, or restrict access to any portion of the website at any time.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation.

Website functionality may be affected by maintenance, technical problems, third-party services, internet outages, security events, or other circumstances outside our control.

17. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE WEBSITE, PRACTICE EVALUATION TOOL, CONTENT, AND RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.

LAUREL BAY DISCLAIMS WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF:

MERCHANTABILITY
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ACCURACY
COMPLETENESS
NON-INFRINGEMENT
AVAILABILITY
SECURITY

Laurel Bay does not warrant that the website or Practice Evaluation will be error-free or that results will accurately predict any transaction, valuation, financial result, or business outcome.

18. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LAUREL BAY AND ITS OWNERS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO:

USE OF THE WEBSITE
INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE
RELIANCE ON WEBSITE CONTENT
PRACTICE EVALUATION RESULTS
LOSS OF DATA
LOST PROFITS
LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
WEBSITE ERRORS OR INTERRUPTIONS

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.

19. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Laurel Bay and its owners, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses arising from:

Your unlawful use of the website
Information you submit without appropriate authority
Your violation of these Terms
Your infringement of another person’s rights

20. Privacy

Your use of the website is also subject to Laurel Bay’s Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, disclosed, and retained.

21. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

To the extent a dispute relating to these Terms may properly be brought in court, the parties agree that the dispute will be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Michigan, subject to applicable law.

22. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

23. No Waiver

Failure by Laurel Bay to enforce a provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

24. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms periodically.

Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised Effective Date.

Continued use of the website following an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.

25. Contact

Questions concerning these Terms may be submitted through:

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