Terms and Conditions Statement: Commercial Use

The American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma
National Trauma Data Bank^®

Please be advised of the following Terms and Conditions of Use. In order to request the NTDB dataset, you must agree to these terms and conditions (below), and complete the data application form.

The American College of Surgeons established the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) as a public service to be a repository of trauma related data voluntarily reported by participating trauma centers. PLEASE NOTE THAT NTDB IS NOT A POPULATION BASED DATA SET.

The American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma collects and maintains the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB). Therefore, use of any information from these data must include a prominent credit line. That line is to read as follows:

Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons. NTDB Version X.X. Chicago, IL, 20XX. The content reproduced from the NTDB remains the full and exclusive copyrighted property of the American College of Surgeons. The American College of Surgeons is not responsible for any claims arising from works based on the original Data, Text, Tables, or Figures.

Specific Terms of Agreement:

Limited license is granted to use said Information from the NTDB from the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma, provided the Requester agrees to the following provisions:

1. 1. Treat the information received from The American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma as non-public health data. The data may never be used by Requester as a basis for legal, administrative or other actions that can directly affect an individual whose medical or personal information is included in a case in the data.
2. Use the information received under the provisions of this Agreement only for the purposes set forth in the application for data.
3. All Information derived from the NTDB from The American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma shall remain the full and copyrighted property of The American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma and shall be so noted in educational material, website presentations, and publications.
4. Warrant that The American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma is not responsible for any claims arising from works based on the original Data, Text, Tables, or Figures.
5. Indemnify the American College of Surgeons, its Committee on Trauma and their employees and agents from any and all liability, loss, or damage suffered as a result of claims, demands, costs, or judgments arising out of use of NTDB information.
6. Requestor may not sublease or permit other parities to use NTDB data without advance written approval of ACS COT.

The Requester's obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect and survive the completion of the Requester's defined project described herein above. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the Requester and the organization through which his/her project is conducted.

A copy of the final printed material must be forwarded to NTDB staff.

I agree to the Terms and Conditions noted above:

Revised June 14, 2006

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