Terms of Use

Last modified: October 20, 2026

By using the University of Waterloo Rx5in5 website (the “Website”) or any of the Rx5in5 mobile applications (the “Mobile Applications”) you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”) and the privacy policies referenced below, and that these Terms constitute an enforceable agreement between you and the University of Waterloo and that you agree to be bound by and comply with them. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms and the privacy policies, do not use the Website or Mobile Applications.

The contents of the Website and Mobile Applications (the “Contents”) are for educational and informational purposes only. The Contents are NOT a credit course and will not contribute towards any degree or certificate from the University of Waterloo.

You may only use the Website or Mobile Applications if you are a healthcare student or practitioner, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and other healthcare professionals, or a University of Waterloo employee, for the purposes of learning about medication management and clinical decision-making, including but not limited to clinical topics and scope of practice, or educating healthcare students or practitioners on such matters (the “Authorized Purposes”).

The Contents include intellectual property owned by the University of Waterloo, personal information of individuals, and confidential information of the University of Waterloo and its licensors. The University of Waterloo reserves the right to change, remove or add to the Contents at any time, and from time to time.

All copyright, trademarks, design rights, and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in the Contents belong to the University of Waterloo and are subject to Canadian laws, unless otherwise stated. The University of Waterloo reserves all of its rights to the same. Nothing in these Terms grants you a right or license to use any trade mark, design right or copyright owned or controlled by the University of Waterloo, except as expressly provided in the Terms. Reproduction, adaptation, storage, translation, or retransmission of any part of the Contents without expressed permission is prohibited. Permission is required if you are using the Contents in reproductions, adaptations, translations, electronic or print versions. To request permission to use any of the Contents, contact phrcpd@uwaterloo.ca.

Subject to your payment of any subscription or other applicable fees and your compliance with these Terms, the University of Waterloo grants you a limited, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, revocable, non-exclusive licence to access and use the Contents solely for the Authorized Purposes.

There is no legal partnership or agency relationship created between you and the University of Waterloo as a result of these Terms.

You are responsible for: keeping your user ID and password confidential; and ensuring compliance with all Canadian federal and provincial laws and the University of Waterloo’s privacy policy (Policy 46 Information Management) and website privacy statement (https://uwaterloo.ca/privacy/privacy-statement).

You shall not and shall not allow others to: access, use, copy, display or download the Website or Mobile Applications or use the Contents for any purpose other than the Authorized Purposes for which you have been given access by the University of Waterloo; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you shall not and shall not allow others to: sell, lease, distribute, copy, display, download or attempt to do any of the foregoing with respect to the Contents for any commercial or other purpose not authorized by the University of Waterloo; modify, remove or attempt to do any of the foregoing with respect to the Contents, except to the extent the University of Waterloo has given you permission to do so as part of your user access; or negatively affect the functioning, use, confidentiality or security of the Website or Mobile Applications, Contents, systems on which the Website or Mobile Applications are hosted or any of the University of Waterloo’s or its licensors’ or service providers’ systems, including but without limitation by interfering with; disabling; overburdening; damaging; impairing; abusing; transmitting harmful files or programs to or through; using another person’s user ID and password; attempting to gain unauthorized access to; using any program, device or process to monitor, copy or extract Content from; or attempting to do any of the foregoing with respect to the Website or Mobile Applications, Contents, systems on which the Database is hosted or any of the University of Waterloo’s or its licensors’ or service providers’ systems or post materials that are illegal, harmful, false, inaccurate or misleading or which infringe a third party’s privacy rights or the University of Waterloo’s intellectual property rights.

The University of Waterloo makes no representations, warranties or conditions (statutory or otherwise) about the Website, Mobile Applications or Contents, all of which are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. The University of Waterloo specifically disclaims all implied conditions and warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement, and all conditions and warranties arising from course of dealing, usage, or trade practice with respect to the Website, Mobile Applications or Contents. The University of Waterloo and its governors, trustees, faculty, instructors, officers, employees, agents and representatives (together, “Representatives”) are not responsible or liable for any loss whatsoever, including but without limitation indirect, special, exemplary, punitive consequential or other damages arising from, in connection with or otherwise related to your use of, access to or inability to access the Website, Mobile Applications or Contents. You assume all risk as to the quality, function, performance, and accuracy of the Website, Mobile Applications or Contents.

Without limitation to Sections 1 or 9, while the University of Waterloo has tried to ensure that the Contents are accurate and conform to the standards of professional practice that prevailed at the time of publication, the University of Waterloo makes no condition or warranty that the Contents are complete, accurate, error-free or up-to-date. Accordingly, you should always consult the most current release of the Contents as well as a variety of other sources when seeking information. For certainty, the information provided in the Contents is no substitute for individual patient assessment based upon a healthcare provider’s examination of a patient and consideration of laboratory data and other factors unique to a patient. The opinions expressed in the Contents are those of its authors and may or may not represent the official position of any professional societies cooperating with, endorsing or recommending the Contents.

In no event will the University of Waterloo’s aggregate liability arising out of or related to your use of or access to the Website, the Mobile Applications or the Contents under any legal or equitable theory, including breach of contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, and otherwise exceed the total amount paid by you to the University of Waterloo for access to the Website or Mobile Applications in the one year period preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

You will indemnify, defend (at the applicable party’s option) and hold harmless the University of Waterloo and its Representatives from and against any claims, losses, judgments, damages, costs and expenses (including without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by any of them due to or resulting from your breach of these Terms, or your access to and use of the Website, the Mobile Applications or the Content.

The University of Waterloo and its Representatives shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond their reasonable control.

All payments are final. Refunds will not be offered. Unless cancelled prior to renewal, annual subscriptions will automatically renew on each anniversary date of your subscription and the applicable fee will be billed at such time. You will be notified seven days in advance of the renewal. You can cancel at any time and retain access to the Content for the remainder of your paid up subscription period. All prices quoted are payable in Canadian Dollars and, unless otherwise stated, do not include GST, PST, QST or HST.

All payments will be processed through the Moneris payment gateway, which may collect personal information for the purposes of payment, including name, financial information, postal address, email address, and phone number. Refer to the Moneris Privacy Statement for additional information regarding the terms and conditions applicable to Moneris’ use of your information.

Personal information collected through the Website and Mobile Applications is processed under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, and is treated in accordance with the University of Waterloo’s privacy policy (Policy 46 Information Management) and website privacy statement: https://uwaterloo.ca/privacy/privacy-statement. Except as required by applicable law, at no point will the University of Waterloo share any identifying information with any other organization. You will not be identified in any resulting presentations or publications related to your use of Rx5in5. Questions about how personal information is managed should be directed to Kelly Grindrod, Associate Professor, at 1-519-888-4567 ext. 21358 or Kelly.grindrod@uwaterloo.ca.

The planned use of your data has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through a University of Waterloo Research Ethics Committee (ORE#22642). Under some circumstances, University of Waterloo may anonymize and aggregate your personal information and information related to your usage of the Website, Mobile Applications and Contents so that it can no longer be associated with you (“Resultant Data”). You unconditionally and irrevocably grant to University of Waterloo an assignment of all right, title, and interest in and to Resultant Data, including all intellectual property rights therein. University of Waterloo reserves the right to (a) use Resultant Data for any legitimate business purpose, including in publications and conference presentations; and (b) disclose or share Resultant Data with third parties, in each case without further notice to you or your consent. If you have questions for the Committee contact the Chief Ethics Officer, Office of Research Ethics, at 1-519-888-4567 ext. 36005 or oreceo@uwaterloo.ca.

Subject to applicable law, you agree that the University of Waterloo may, in its sole discretion, terminate your use of the Website, the Mobile Applications, or your access to the Contents for any or no reason, immediately upon notice to you. Without limitation to the foregoing, University of Waterloo may, upon notice to you, terminate your use of the Website, the Mobile Applications, and your access to the Contents as a result of any breach of these Terms by you, which shall be determined by University of Waterloo in its sole discretion. Upon termination, all licenses granted to you with respect to the Contents shall immediately and automatically terminate and you shall immediately cease any further use of the Contents.

Subject to applicable law, the University of Waterloo reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to modify all or any portion of these Terms, including, without limitation, the amount of any fees, payment terms and terms with respect to refunds, cancellation, discontinuance, limitations of liability and indemnities, at any time without incurring any liability or obligation whatsoever to you or any other person or entity. Changes to these Terms will be posted and the top of this page will indicate the date these Terms were last modified.

These Terms constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and the University of Waterloo and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and understandings with respect to the subject matter of these Terms. These Terms may not be assigned by you in whole or in part. The University of Waterloo may, without prior notice and without your consent, assign any or all of our rights and obligations under these Terms to others at any time. These Terms shall be binding on the parties successors and permitted assigns.

If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. You agree to execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments and do all acts and things as we may reasonably require to carry out the full intent and meaning of these Terms.

Except for the parties included under Section 12 (Indemnification), these Terms are for the sole benefit of you and University of Waterloo and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any legal or equitable right, benefit, or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement.

If you are not a resident of Quebec, these Terms shall be interpreted, construed and governed by the laws in force in the Province of Ontario, Canada, without reference to its conflict of laws principles. All disputes or claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the use of the Website, the Mobile Applications or the Content will be determined by a sole arbitrator under the Arbitration Act, 1991 (Ontario). The legal seat of arbitration shall be Toronto, Ontario. he parties have required that these Terms and all documents relating thereto be drawn-up in English.

If you are a resident of Quebec, these Terms shall be interpreted, construed and governed by the laws in force in the Province of Quebec, Canada, without reference to its conflict of laws principles. You hereby irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Quebec and to waive any objections based upon venue.

Les parties ont demandé que cette conversion ainsi que tous les documents qui s’y rattachent soient rédigés en anglais.