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Terms of Use for PTCompact.org

The following terms apply to the use of PTCompact.org.

Introduction

Please carefully read these Terms of Use (“Terms”) which apply only to the use of certain websites that are owned and/or operated by or on behalf of Physical Therapy Compact Commission (“PT Compact,” “we,” or “us”), including, but not limited to, www.ptcompact.org, and subdomains of any of the foregoing (each, a “Site” and collectively, the “Sites”).  When we refer to “you” or “your,” we mean the person accessing a Site. If the person accessing a Site acts on behalf of, or for the purposes of, another person, including a business or other organization, “you” or “your” also means that other person, including the business or other organization.

These Terms constitute a contract between you and PT Compact, including contractual restrictions on your rights to use the Sites, restrictions on rights you can enforce against PT Compact, and limitations of PT Compact’s liability. These Terms, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference, govern your access to and use of the Sites, including any content, functionality, and services on or through the Sites. By accessing and/or using any of the Sites, you signify your understanding and agreement to these Terms, including the disclaimers, limitations of liability and termination provisions, and that you will be bound and abide by them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use any Site.

Changes to the Terms

PT Compact may at any time make modifications, improvements and/or changes to these Terms, the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons described in a Site, or the products and services referred to within or provided on a Site in our sole discretion. Any changes will be incorporated into these Terms and posted to the Sites from time to time. All changes are effective immediately when we post them. Your continued access and/or use of the Sites following the posting of any changes to these Terms will be deemed your agreement and acceptance of such changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

The obligations and liabilities you incur prior to the termination date shall survive the termination of these Terms for all purposes.  In the event of any such termination, the restrictions on your use of the material on the Sites shall survive such termination, and you agree to be bound by those terms.

No Liability for Linked Websites

These Terms do not apply to any website owned and/or operated by or on behalf of any third party even if we provide a link to such website on one of our Sites.  A Site may contain links to other websites and resources controlled or offered by third parties (i.e., non-affiliates of PT Compact). PT Compact is not responsible and hereby disclaims liability for the availability, privacy policies, or security of these external websites, the content, advertising, products or other materials made available on or through such websites. Please refer to the terms of use of any such third-party websites for information regarding the terms and conditions of your use of such websites. Under no circumstances shall PT Compact be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused to a user in connection with any linked websites. In the event you choose to use the services available at a linked website, you agree to read and adhere to the policies and terms of use applicable to that website.  In addition, any advice, opinions or recommendations provided by the linked website providers are those of the providers and not of PT Compact.  Your participation in, and access to or use of, any linked website, including payment for and the delivery of goods or services, is based solely on the agreement, if any, between you and the linked website provider.

Your Limited Right to Use Site

As a user of a Site, you have a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, revocable license to use the Sites solely for your personal and noncommercial use. You may not use the Sites for any other purpose whatsoever.  Without limiting the previous sentence, you may not reproduce, modify, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, transfer, sell or publish any of the contents of any Site without the prior written consent of PT Compact, which consent may be withheld, conditioned or delayed in its sole discretion. You agree to use the Sites only for purposes that are permitted by these Terms in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and generally accepted practices and guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions. Further, you are prohibited from including links from other websites to the Site without the prior written consent of PT Compact, which consent may be withheld, conditioned or delayed in its sole and absolute discretion. You shall be responsible, at your sole expense, for procuring, operating, and maintaining the computer system, mobile device, hardware, software, and other items necessary or appropriate to enable you to exercise your rights and licenses hereunder.

Any access or attempted access of any areas of PT Compact’s computer systems, third-party systems, or any services for which you are not authorized for any purpose is strictly prohibited.  You agree not to interfere in any way with others’ use of or access to any Site.  PT Compact reserves the right to report any activity that it reasonably suspects violates any law or regulation and to disclose any information to law enforcement officials or regulators or other appropriate third parties. You will not (and will not attempt to): (a) gain unauthorized access to PT Compact’s computer system or engage in any activity that interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality or security of the Sites or PT Compact’s networks and computer systems; (b) access or collect any personally identifiable information, including any names, email addresses or other such information for any purpose, including commercial purposes; (c) reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, or resell any aspect of the Sites for any purpose; (d) upload, post, or otherwise transmit, through the Sites, any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” “phishing,” or any other form of solicitation; (e) stalk, harass, or otherwise disturb another person; (f) impersonate another person; or (g) infringe any intellectual property rights of any person or entity, including any trademark rights, rights of publicity, personality, or privacy of any person or entity.

Intellectual Property Rights

As between you and PT Compact, all of the information, content, pages and screens on a Site, whether explicitly marked or not, are owned and controlled by PT Compact or its members, except as otherwise expressly stated, and is protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, patent, and unfair competition laws and treaties and other applicable laws.  The copyrighted materials on a Site include, but are not limited to, the text, design, software, images, graphics, video, audio, animation, source code and content on the Site, their related files and their arrangement on the Site.  You are authorized to view the information available on the Site and may download copyrighted materials solely for your personal and noncommercial use.  You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by any access, viewing or downloading of copyrighted material or any other Site content.  You may not copy, display, distribute, transfer, link to, reproduce, license, frame, alter, create derivative works of or republish all or any content, materials, portions, etc. of the Site for any purpose. You shall not remove or alter any copyright notice or any other proprietary notice on the Site or any Site content. All names, trademarks, symbols, slogans, or logos appearing on the Site are proprietary to PT Company or its licensors. Use or misuse of these trademarks is expressly prohibited and may violate federal and state trademark law. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate patent, copyright, trademark and other laws.

Nothing contained in any Site shall be construed as conferring, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to any copyright, patent, trademark or other proprietary interest of PT Compact, its members or any third party.  Any use of the information, content, pages, screens on a Site, copyright protected materials or trademarks, service marks, logos, brand names, emblems and protectable trade dress elements (collectively, “Marks”) provided on a Site that does not comport with or violates these Terms shall be an unauthorized use and may subject you to civil and/or  criminal penalties as provided by U.S. and international intellectual property laws and other applicable laws.

NOTICE OF IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR CONFIDENTIAL DISCLOSURE OF A TRADE SECRET TO THE GOVERNMENT OR IN A COURT FILING:  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, under the Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, an individual may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (A) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (B) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.  An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order.  Nothing herein is intended, or should be construed, to affect the immunities created by the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.

Username and Password Confidentiality

Depending on the nature of the Site and the services you take part in, you may be required to register with the Site and/or make credit card payments. As part of the registration process, you will be assigned a username and must select a password. You may not (i) use a username of any another person with the intent to impersonate that person, or (ii) use a username subject to the rights of any other person without authorization. You are responsible for keeping your username and password confidential. You are solely responsible for any and all activities which occur under you account; PT Compact will not be held responsible or liable for any misuse of your account, including in the event that a third party has access to and uses your username and password in any way. You are also responsible for notifying PT Compact promptly of any disclosure or unauthorized use of your username or password with respect to the Site and may be liable for any damages that occur prior to such notification, including charges incurred as a result of the unauthorized use of your credit card. You represent that the personal information you provide to PT Compact via the Site is true, valid, complete, and up-to-date in all respects. Should any of the information you provide on the Site change, please login to your account and update such information directly on the Site.

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to remove or delete any or all information from your account or our Site at any time and for any reason. You understand that we cannot guarantee that your account will always be available to you or error free. We may terminate or suspend your account for any reason in our sole discretion with or without notice to you. Additionally, we reserve the right to stop offering any account feature of our Sites or any portion thereof, without liability, at any time and for any reason, with or without cause. In the event of any such termination or suspension, information stored in your account may no longer be available to you.  We have no obligation to make your account history available to you and you should not rely upon your account as your sole record of this information.

Suspension or Termination of Access or Use

PT Compact may block, suspend, alter or terminate, temporarily or permanently, your access to, or use of, a Site or any portion thereof, for any reason, without cause, including because your access or use compromises or impedes any of the Site’s functionality, pursuant to requests by law enforcement or other governmental agencies, your violation of these Terms, suspected or actual infringement of a third party’s rights or any other reason. You agree that you will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any computer systems or networks connected to any PT Compact server, infrastructure, computer systems, etc. through hacking, password mining or any other means.  You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information on a Site through any means not intentionally made available by PT Compact.  When using a Site you agree not to pretend to be someone else or to spoof their identity.

You agree that monetary damages may not provide a sufficient remedy to PT Compact for violations of these Terms and you consent to injunctive or other equitable relief for such violations.  PT Compact may release user information about you if required by law or subpoena, or if release of the information is necessary or appropriate to address an unlawful or harmful activity.  PT Compact is not required to provide any refund or release to you if you are terminated as a user because you have violated any of these Terms.

Feedback

When you submit or post any material via the Site message boards, page commenting or user rating functions (collectively referred to a “Community Features”), you grant PT Compact, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute, and/or publicly perform or display such material, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium (whether now known or hereafter developed), for any purpose that we choose. The foregoing grant includes the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such posting or submission, including, but not limited to, rights under copyright, trademark or patent laws that exist in any relevant jurisdiction. Also, in connection with the exercise of these rights, you grant us, and anyone authorized by us, the right to identify you as the author of any of your postings or submissions by name, email address or screen name, as we deem appropriate. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Site, including content submitted by you, may involve transmissions over various networks, and may involve changes to the content to conform and adapt it to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. You will not receive any compensation of any kind for the use of any materials submitted by you. See Site Privacy Policies for additional information.

Site Access

While PT Compact endeavors to ensure that the Site is normally available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason it is unavailable at any time or for any period. Access to the Sites may be suspended temporarily and without notice in case of a system failure, maintenance, or repair or for reasons beyond our control.

Disclaimers

YOUR USE OF THE SITES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITES AND SITE CONTENT IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER PT COMPACT NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH PT COMPACT MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SITES, SITE CONTENT, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER PT COMPACT NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH PT COMPACT REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SITE OR ITS CONTENTS WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE SITE OR SERVICES THAT MAKE THE SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE REMAINS SOLELY WITH YOU, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

You understand that the technical processing and transmission of any information sent to or from our Sites may be transferred unencrypted and involve transmissions over various networks and changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Please be advised that we do not guarantee that any information sent to or from our Sites will be secure during transmission, nor can we guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to us via the Sites or the Internet, including personal information such as your name or address.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL PT COMPACT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OTHER THAN ACTUAL AND DIRECT DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL PT COMPACT’S LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE YOU PAID FOR THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE CLAIM. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF PT COMPACT AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

IN AS MUCH AS PERMITTED BY LAW, PT COMPACT AND IT AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND LICENSORS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS OR AGENTS OF ANY OF THEM, SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AMOUNT OR KIND OF LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY RESULT TO YOU OR A THIRD PARTY (INCLUDING ANY INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE, OR ANY LOSS OF INCOME, PROFITS, GOODWILL OR DATA) IN CONNECTION WITH (A) THE SITE, SITE CONTENT OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE IN ANY WAY OR (B) THE USE, INABILITY TO USE OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THE SITES, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITES OR THE MATERIAL ON SUCH WEBSITES, INCLUDING LOSS OR DAMAGE DUE TO VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, DATA OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF OR BROWSING OF THE SITES OR YOUR USE OF ANY SITE CONTENT OR ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITES; ALL THE FOREGOING REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT YOU OR WE HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OR PROBABILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF THE REMEDIES OTHERWISE AVAILABLE FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.  IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITES, SERVICES, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, OR FEEL WE HAVE BREACHED THESE TERMS, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITES.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless PT COMPACT, its parents, subsidiaries, officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, agents, affiliates, licensors and suppliers, from and against all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from: (a) your use of and access to the Sites, products, and services; (b) your violation of any of these Terms or PT Compact’s Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy; (c) your fraud, violation of law, negligence, or willful misconduct; and (d) your violation of any third party rights, including intellectual property or privacy rights. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive the termination or cessation of these Terms and your use of the Sites. PT Compact reserves the right, at PT Compact’s own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you hereunder, and you shall cooperate in all reasonable respects in such defense. You may not settle any claim that is referenced or otherwise covered by this Section without the prior written consent of PT Compact.

Operation of the Site and United States Law

The Sites are controlled and operated from within the United States. Without limiting anything else, PT Compact makes no representation that the Sites, Site Content, services, products, information, or other materials available on, in, or through the Sites is appropriate or available for use outside the United States, and access to them from territories where they are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access the Sites from outside the United States do so on their own will and are responsible for compliance with applicable laws.

Complaint Policy

If you believe that any content or posting on the Sites violates your intellectual property or other rights, please notify PT Compact at the email address set forth below, providing a comprehensive, detailed message setting forth the following information: (a) your name and the name of your company, if any; (b) your contact information, including your email address; (c) the nature and substance of your complaint, the specific rights at issue, and your basis for making the complaint, including the content or posting that is objectionable; and (d) the following statement: “The statements, representations, and assertions made in this message are true, complete, and accurate, and I have the full legal authority to make each and every such statement, representation, and assertion and to make and be granted any demand made in this message.”

Miscellaneous

These Terms, and PT Compact’s Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, constitute the entire legal agreement between you and PT Compact regarding the Sites and govern your use of the Sites and any transactions you may have with PT Compact through the Sites. These Terms completely replace and supersede any prior agreement or understanding, arrangement, undertaking, or proposal, written or oral, between you and PT Compact regarding these matters. In the event any other rule, code of conduct, or other matter posted on the Sites conflicts with these Terms, these Terms shall govern. No oral explanation or oral information given by any party shall alter the interpretation of these Terms. When used herein, the words “includes” and “including” and their syntactical variations shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.”

You agree that any failure or delay by PT Compact to exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy contained in or made available by these Terms (or that PT Compact has the benefit of under any applicable law) will not be taken to be a formal waiver of PT Compact’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to PT Compact. If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide a matter arising out of these Terms, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from these Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms and the remaining provisions will continue to be valid and enforceable.

These Terms are binding upon you, your heirs, executors, beneficiaries, successors and assigns and you may not assign these Terms to any other party without our prior written consent, which consent may be withheld in our sole and absolute discretion.

If you have any questions about these Terms, please email us at info@ptcompact.org or by mail to:

Physical Therapy Compact Commission
124 West Street South, 3rd Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 562-8500

This document was last reviewed July 2025