Applicant agrees to the following terms of agreement as indicated by the signature on this form below. Your signature indicates that you have read and agree to these terms:
- Applicant understands that all of the assessment and exam materials used in the ABOG Continuing Certification (formally known as Maintenance of Certification) process are copyrighted and may also be subject to state and federal trade secret laws.
- Applicant understands that the Applicant may not provide any information before, during or after the CC article-based assessments and/or the CC secure, written examination concerning the content of the examinations including, but not limited to, test items and cases, to anyone, for any reason, including, but not limited to, anyone who is scheduled to take the examinations or may be eligible to take the examinations; to any formal or informal test preparation group, service or company; or to any person representing a company or other entity that provides courses, practice tests or other study material for the examinations.
- Applicant understands that article-based questions and/or secure written examination materials are subject to copyright and state and federal trade secret laws and that the Applicant may not reproduce and/or distribute any article-based questions and/or secure written examination materials, by any means including memorization or reproducing in any way, email, text, fax, file sharing, photography, recording, internet, posting or permitting posting on social media or other method that would allow any other individual, company or organization to recreate, in whole or in part, any test questions.
- Applicant understands that if the Applicant violates any part of ABOG’s Articles of Incorporation, Rules, Bulletins, Policies, Regulations, and other qualifications, as may be amended or supplemented, his/her test results will be cancelled and may be subjected to further sanctions and/or legal actions and will not be allowed to reapply for the Continuing Certification process for a minimum of three years.
- Applicant agrees that if requested, the Applicant will fully participate in the investigation of any suspected violation of ABOG’s Articles of Incorporation, Rules, Bulletins, Policies, Regulations, and other qualifications, as may be amended or supplemented.
- Applicant agrees that de-identified results of the Applicant’s Continuing Certification application responses and examinations may be used for research purposes.
- Applicant understands and irrevocably agrees that as a Diplomate of the ABOG, the ABOG is authorized to provide the Applicant’s professional personal identifiable information and information about Continuing Certification to other entities for a proper purpose. Some of these professional medical organizations include, but are not limited to, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), Society for Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG), American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), the Society for Family Planning (SFP), the Society of OB/GYN Hospitalists (SOGH), other ABMS boards, hospitals, insurers, agencies of government, credentialing organizations, specialty societies and lay persons.
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