Terms of Service
Please read these terms carefully. By creating an account or using SlabED, you agree to be bound by these terms.
Last updated: March 27, 2026
1. Educational Purpose — Not Medical Advice
SlabED is an educational platform designed to help eye care professionals learn to interpret en face optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. All content — including course materials, case studies, annotated scans, quizzes, and written commentary — is provided strictly for educational and professional development purposes.
SlabED does not provide clinical diagnoses, medical opinions, or treatment recommendations. Nothing on this platform constitutes medical advice, and no content should be used as a substitute for professional clinical judgment applied to a specific patient.
You are responsible for all clinical decisions involving your patients. SlabED and its instructors accept no liability for clinical outcomes resulting from skills or knowledge obtained through this platform.
2. Eligibility
SlabED is intended for licensed eye care professionals, including optometrists, ophthalmologists, and optometry students enrolled in accredited programs. By creating an account, you represent that:
- You are at least 18 years old.
- You are a qualified healthcare professional or student in a recognized eye care training program.
- You will use the platform solely for lawful educational purposes.
- The information you provide during registration is accurate and complete.
3. Access
SlabED is 100% free. All registered users have access to all lessons, modules, and the certification exam. A free account is required to track progress and participate in scan contributions and peer review.
No Payment Required: No payment information is required to create an account or access any content on SlabED — now or in the future.
4. Intellectual Property
All content on SlabED — including but not limited to course videos, written modules, annotated OCT images, case studies, quiz questions, diagrams, and instructional commentary — is the intellectual property of SlabED or its licensors and is protected by copyright law.
Your account grants you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to access and view course content for your own professional education. You may not:
- Download, copy, reproduce, or redistribute course materials.
- Share your login credentials with others.
- Use course content for commercial training programs or resale.
- Create derivative works based on our content without written permission.
For licensing inquiries, contact us at legal@slabed.health.
5. User-Generated Content & Future Scan Submissions
SlabED may in the future allow users to submit OCT images or cases for educational review ("Scan Submissions"). Any such feature will be governed by additional terms, including strict de-identification requirements under HIPAA Safe Harbor (see our Image Submission & HIPAA Policy).
By submitting any content to SlabED, you represent that:
- You have all rights necessary to submit the content.
- The content does not contain Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined by HIPAA.
- You grant SlabED a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the content for educational purposes on the platform.
We reserve the right to remove any submitted content at our discretion.
6. Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:
- Use the platform for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms.
- Attempt to access accounts, systems, or data belonging to others.
- Circumvent any authentication or access controls.
- Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract content from the platform.
- Upload any content containing PHI, malware, or illegal material.
- Impersonate SlabED, its staff, or any other person or entity.
7. Account Termination
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account, without refund, if you:
- Violate these Terms of Service.
- Share login credentials with others.
- Upload content containing patient PHI.
- Engage in fraudulent activity or chargebacks without valid cause.
- Use the platform in a way that harms other users or SlabED.
You may delete your account at any time by contacting support@slabed.health.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, SlabED, its owners, employees, instructors, and affiliates shall not be liable for:
- Any clinical outcomes or patient harm arising from application of skills or knowledge gained through the platform.
- Indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages.
- Loss of data, revenue, or profits.
- Service interruptions or errors in course content.
Our total liability to you for any claim arising from use of SlabED shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the three months preceding the claim.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties
SlabED is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that course content is free from inaccuracies. Educational content in medical imaging is an evolving field — we endeavor to keep materials current but make no guarantee of completeness or up-to-date accuracy.
10. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association, except that either party may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.
You waive any right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration.
11. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms at any time. We will notify you by email at least 14 days before material changes take effect. Continued use of the platform after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
12. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Email us at legal@slabed.health.