Muthiyaliah Babu, M.D.
Hypertension, Nephrology & Internal Medicine Medical Group, Inc.
116 South Palisade Drive, Suite 100
Santa Maria, CA 93454

DISCLAIMER & TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Disclaimer.

This site has been prepared for general informational purposes only to permit you to learn more information about the credentials of doctor(s) associated with Hypertension, Nephrology & Internal Medicine Medical Group, Inc., a California professional medical corporation (the “Corporation”).  The site also provides general information about certain medical conditions handled in the Corporation’s practice related to hypertension, nephrology and internal medicine.  These materials do not and are not intended to constitute medical advice.  The provision of information on this Web site is not intended to create or constitute a physician-patient relationship nor does it substitute for obtaining competent medical advice from a licensed medical specialist.

Internet subscribers and online readers should not act on information contained in this Web site without first seeking professional advice.  If you seek medical advice, you should consult with a physician.  While we would welcome the opportunity to consider being your doctor, we accept patients only in accordance with established procedures and provide medical advice only after completion of those procedures.

Links.

This site may from time to time, directly or indirectly, provide links to or accept links from Web sites of third parties.  The Corporation does not control or maintain the material presented by other persons in their Web sites.  The inclusion of any link on this Web site does not imply an association or relationship between the Corporation or doctor affiliated with the Corporation and the person or entity sponsoring the linked site and does not constitute or imply an endorsement, approval or sponsorship of the linked site by the Corporation, or the endorsement, approval or sponsorship of the Corporation by the sponsor of the linked site.  The Corporation disclaims any responsibility for the content, accuracy or completeness of the material presented directly or indirectly in linked sites.  If you use any of the links, you will leave this Web site.  

No Warranty or Liability.

THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, RESULT, OR OUTCOME.  ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT MIGHT BE OTHERWISE IMPLIED IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.  The Corporation does not represent or warrant that information on this Web site is or will be always up-to-date, complete or accurate.  The Corporation is not responsible for the accuracy of any opinions, representations or information posted on this Web site. 

You agree that the Corporation, its directors, officers, shareholders, owners, employees, suppliers, vendors, members, doctors, agents, and/or affiliates are not liable to you or others, in any way for any form of damages or under any theory, arising from this Web site, or from your access to, use of or reliance on the information in or through this site.  The Corporation and its doctors shall not be liable to you under any contract or tort theories or for any damages caused by viruses or other damaging computer programming routines or engines contained within electronic files of this site or any linked site, regardless of prior notice to us.  The contents of this Web site are subject to change without notice.

Intellectual Property Rights.

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You may download and view materials on the Corporation’s Web site for your personal, temporary, non-commercial viewing only.  No part of these materials may be copied, reproduced, stored, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented without the prior written consent of the Corporation.

Without prior consent, you may not republish, frame, retransmit, modify or create derivative works of any material contained in this Web site on another Web site or in materials of any other entity.  Further, the computer code created by or for the Corporation to generate this Web site is protected by copyright and any copying or adapting of such code is strictly prohibited.  You may not use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction methods in connection with the Corporation’s Web site.

Additional Disclosures and Information.

Responses to this Web site are welcome.  However, non-patients contacting us should refrain from disclosing information which they would consider sensitive or confidential until and unless a physician-patient relationship with the Corporation has been established.  Therefore, all communications in response to this Web site will not be considered privileged or confidential.  

Any disputes concerning this Web site and the information in or use of it shall be governed by and construed under the substantive laws of the State of California, U.S.A., exclusive of choice-of-law rules, and any proceeding which may arise out of or in connection with this Web site shall be brought solely in the state court for the County of Santa Barbara, California.

For additional information about this Web site, please contact the Corporation at:

Hypertension, Nephrology & Internal Medicine Medical Group, Inc.
116 South Palisade Drive, Suite 100
Santa Maria, CA 93454

Phone: (805) 349-0198

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