Legal notices

Who operates this site

Resident Help is a South Carolina nonprofit in formation. It is not a law firm. Contact: intake@residenthelp.org. Read more about Resident Help.

No legal advice

The content on this site is general information about how disciplinary and grievance processes in graduate medical education usually work. It is not legal advice about your situation, and reading it is not a substitute for talking with a lawyer about your own facts.

No attorney-client relationship from this website

Resident Help is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or representation. Browsing this site, creating an account, or submitting the intake form does not create an attorney-client relationship. If we connect you with a lawyer and you hire them, that relationship, and any attorney-client privilege, begins only when you sign a written engagement agreement with that independent lawyer. Resident Help is never a party to it.

Confidentiality of what you send

Whether or not you are connected with a lawyer, we treat information you send through the intake form as confidential and we limit access to the staff who review intake. Because Resident Help is not a law firm, what you send us may not be protected by attorney-client privilege. Send only what the intake form asks for, and keep your documents until a lawyer asks for them. Please do not send identifiable patient information. If you need to describe a clinical incident, describe it without patient names, dates of birth, or record numbers.

Jurisdictions and referrals

Resident Help does not practice law in any jurisdiction. When a matter needs a lawyer, we connect you with independent counsel licensed where the matter is, who works for a reduced flat fee paid to counsel. We neither pay nor accept anything of value for any referral. See how introductions to counsel work.

No guarantees

Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome. Nothing on this site promises a particular result, a reinstatement, a settlement, or a timeline.

Privacy

How we collect, use and protect information, including intake submissions, accounts, the Residency Record and site analytics, is set out in our Privacy Policy. We do not sell or rent personal information, and we do not use intake content for advertising.

Accessibility

We aim to meet WCAG 2.1 AA. If any part of this site is hard to use with a screen reader, keyboard, or magnification, tell us at intake@residenthelp.org and we will fix it and help you another way in the meantime.

See also our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.