Beat The Boards! – Triple Trust Guarantee Terms and Conditions

"Triple Trust Guarantee" Terms and Conditions"

AMERICAN PHYSICIAN 2010/2011"BEAT THE BOARDS!" PSYCHIATRY/NEUROLOGY COURSES REGISTRATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE REGISTERING FOR THIS AMERICAN PHYSICIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL STUDIES LLC (“AMERICAN PHYSICIAN”) COURSES.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT BY REGISTERING FOR AN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN’S COURSE AND PAYING ALL OR A PORTION OF THE COURSE FEES, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

SERVICES & PRODUCTS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR COURSE REGISTRATION

Your Course tuition and fees do NOT cover, and you are personally responsible for among other personal, non-Course expenses:
• Travel expenses, including air and ground transportation.
• Hotel expenses, whether at the Course host hotel or a hotel of your choice, including room charges and incidental charge such as pay-per-view, in-room movies, internet access, long distance charges, room service and mini-bar. (Course enrollees may be provided with a special group rate for overnight stay at the Course host hotel.)
• Meals
• American Physician materials not included in the Course package.

CANCELLATION POLICY

In the event of a cancellation communicated to American Physician up to the day prior to the start of the course, course registration fees will be refunded, minus a $100.00 cancellation fee.

Cancellations that occur on the day of the start of the course or later (i.e., “no shows”) are not eligible for a course tuition refund. However, a no show may apply cancelled course tuition towards registration and attendance at any other American Physician course.

ALL CANCELLATIONS MUST BE MADE BY PHONE, by calling American Physician at 877-225-8384.

COURSE SCHEDULING

American Physician makes every reasonable effort to adhere to its schedule of courses.

However, all American Physician Courses are subject to re-scheduling/ change; and American Physician reserves the right to change Course locations, dates, and session schedules, as it deems necessary in its discretion.

2010/2011COURSE “TRIPLE TRUST” GUARANTEES / WARRANTIES FOR Beat the Boards! Courses with the Triple Trust Guarantee

The "Triple Trust Guarantee" applies to the Live and Home Study versions of the following Beat the Boards! Courses: Psychiatry Part 1, Psychiatry Maintenance of Certification, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Part 1, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Maintenance of Certification, Neurology Part 1 Certification, Neurology Maintenance of Certification, Geriatric Psychiatry Part 1 and Geriatric Psychiatry Maintenance of Certification preparation courses.

The “Triple Trust Guarantee” does NOT apply to a previous year’s home study course provided free with another course or included as part of a promotional offer. CME credit is only issued for the current year course participation (Live or Home Study).

If after registering and attending/viewing the Live or Home Study version of a course with a “Triple Trust Guarantee,” you do not pass your Psychiatry ABPN board exam for which the course was designed as preparation, 100% of your tuition payment plus $500 will be refunded to you. In addition, you may return to attend the Live course or view the Home Study course until you pass your exam.

“TRY BEFORE YOU BUY” TERMS AND CONDITIONS
If you received a “Home Study” Course under the “Try Before You Buy” promotion and do not wish to use the product beyond the initial trial period, you must notify API at 877-225-8384 within 14 days of receiving your package. If you do NOT notify API by phone within the 14 days, your credit card will be charged the full amount less the initial shipping and handling charge.

Upon notifying API of your choice to NOT keep the “Home Study” course, you have 7 days to return the complete Home Study Course to the following address.

     American Physician Institute
     125 Windsor Drive, Suite 111
     Oak Brook, IL 60523

If the course is not received at this address within 7 days of the initial phone call requesting a return, you credit card will be charged the full amount less the initial shipping and handling charge. API does not pay for any return shipping costs associated with returning the Home Study Course to API.

Upon requesting to return or returning a Home Study Course under the “Try Before You Buy” promotion, the Triple Trust Guarantee is immediately voided. No guarantee or other claims are honored upon the return of a trial product.

REFRESHER COURSE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL GUARANTEE

You may choose to enroll in a repeat (“Refresher”) course prior to your exam for a reduced tuition. The tuition from a repeat (“Refresher”) course, however, is not eligible for additional guarantee payments.

GUARANTEE ELIGIBILITY

To obtain the Course Guarantee for which you are eligible, you must notify American Physician in writing of your failure to pass the Psychiatry ABPN Exam for which the Course was designed as preparation within forty-five (45) days of the date of the notice of same, ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORIGINAL COPY OF YOUR EXAM FAIL NOTICE. Your original notice will be mailed back to you along with a course tuition refund plus $500. In addition, you will receive instructions for attending a future guaranteed course.

Failure to adhere to these guarantee terms and conditions will result in your guarantee being null and void.

PLEASE KEEP A COPY OF YOUR NOTICE FOR YOUR FILES.

GUARANTEE PAYMENTS

American Physician makes cash and credit card payments/credits for Course rebates, fee returns, incentive and guarantee payments and the like to the party that has tendered Course payments (such as the applicable check payer, credit card holder and the like), unless American Physician is directed by notice sent to American Physician as provided below to direct payment otherwise.

Any dispute between registrant and another party as to the proper party for payment or crediting of items shall be between such parties. American Physician may withhold payments/credits as to which it has notice of dispute unless and until directed by proper authority in form and substance acceptable to American Physician. American Physician disclaims liability to any party for payments and credits made in accordance with this policy.

LIMITED GUARANTEE

THE APPLICABLE LIMITED GUARANTEES AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE SPECIFIC TERMS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS STATED IN THE APPLICABLE GUARANTEE/WARRANTY ABOVE) ARE THE ONLY GUARANTEES AND WARRANTIES MADE BY AMERICAN PHYSICIAN TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE AMERICAN PHYSICIAN COURSE IN WHICH YOU ARE ENROLLING AND PARTICIPATING UNDER THIS REGISTRATION LETTER AGREEMENT AND ARE MADE IN LIEU AND INSTEAD OF ANY OTHER GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN ANY OTHER AMERICAN PHYSICIAN MATERIALS OR OTHERWISE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY LAW.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY GUARANTEED UNDER THE APPLICABLE GUARANTEE/WARRANTY CONTAINED IN THIS LETTER AGREEMENT, AMERICAN PHYSICIAN DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER AS TO ANY OF ITS SERVICES, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS HOWSOEVER PROVIDED OR SOLD BY AMERICAN PHYSICIAN, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

AMERICAN PHYSICIAN HEREBY DISCLAIMS AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT AMERICAN PHYSICIAN SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT BE LIABLE WHATSOEVER FOR ANY AND ALL INDIRECT, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FOR ANY REASON OR ON ANY BASIS.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR ONLY CLAIMS AS TO ANY GUARANTEE AND/OR WARRANTY MADE BY OR ATTRIBUTABLE TO AMERICAN PHYSICIAN ARE AND SHALL BE LIMITED SOLELY TO THE APPLICABLE GUARANTEE AND WARRANTY CONTAINED IN THIS LETTER AGREEMENT, ON THE EXPRESS TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS LETTER AGREEMENT.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Except for Course cancellations by phone as provided above, all other notices to American Physician must be in writing transmitted by US Mail, recognized air or ground courier, or e-mail to American Physician, per the American Physician contact information on the Website or in the Registration materials. Fax notice without confirming notice by the other means above is not binding on American Physician.

American Physician will communicate with you via any of the contact information you have provided with your application.

The registrant hereby agrees and accepts that all course materials for both live and home study courses are solely for individual use and not for resale.

This agreement and these Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed under the internal laws of the State of Illinois. Jurisdiction and venue over the parties as to matters arising hereunder is vested in the state and federal courts sitting and/or with jurisdiction in Du Page County, Illinois.