We strive to provide a safe environment for our patients and staff, and to advance the safety of our community. However, the COVID-19 virus has a long incubation period during which carriers of the virus may not show symptoms and still be highly contagious. There are numerous ways in which the COVID-19 virus can be transmitted, including from the surface contact, respiratory droplets and aerosols, or fine particles that travel with air currents. Dental procedures create aerosols, the amount of which depends on the type of procedure. While we are committed to providing the safest environment as possible for our patients, there can be no guarantee that our facility is completely free of the COVID-19 virus and that you will not be exposed to the virus while receiving treatment despite our efforts to minimize the risk of exposure.
By signing this Consent and Release in the space provided below, you hereby release, acquit, waive all claims against, and forever discharge the practice providing my treatment (the "Practice") and its owners, successors, assigns, affiliates, officers, directors, administrators, representatives, principals, agents, dentists, employees, independent contractors, insurers, and attorneys (collectively with the practice, the "Indemnified Persons"), of and from any and all claims, charges, demands, promises, acts, agreements, costs, damages, debts, obligations, actions, causes of action (including but not limited to all avoidance actions of any type), suits in equity, expenses, executions, judgements, levies, liabilities, losses, and direct or indirect, suspected or unsuspected, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, present or future, asserted or unasserted, based upon, arising out of, appertaining to, or in connection with your exposure to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 or contracting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a result of or in connection with your entry into the Practice's office, receipt of dental treatment from the Practice or coming in contact with and Indemnified Person at the Practice's office, and all related costs, expenses, illness, or death you may suffer as a result.
The releases set forth and otherwise referenced herein shall be interpreted as broadly as possible and shall be completely binding and enforceable at law. You acknowledge that the releases and waivers provided for herein include all claims and/or costs, including but not limited to those you do not know or suspect to exist, and hereby waive all rights which may exist with regard to such claims and/or costs. You expressly waive the provisions of any federal, state, and local statute or regulation limiting release of unknown claims, including any statutory language stating as following: "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY, AND ANY SIMILAR LAW."
You agree that you have had the opportunity to consult with an attorney prior to executing this Consent and Release, that you voluntarily have signed the same and that you have read and understand this Consent and Release. YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BY SIGNING THIS CONSENT AND RELEASE, YOU ARE WAIVING IMPORTANT LEGAL RIGHTS.