These Terms and Conditions govern your use of the website located at www.1stchoice-ce.com and any related services offered by 1st Choice Continuing Education, also referred to as 1st Choice CE. By accessing or using this website, creating an account, purchasing a course, or using any of our services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, do not use this website or our services.

Use of Website and Services

1st Choice Continuing Education provides online continuing education and related services. You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. You may not use the website in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the website or interfere with any other person’s use of the website.

You agree not to attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the website, accounts, servers, databases, or systems connected to the website. You also agree not to copy, distribute, modify, reverse engineer, scrape, or exploit any part of the website or course content except as expressly permitted by us in writing.

Eligibility

By using this website, you represent that the information you provide is accurate and complete. If you create an account or enroll in a course, you agree to keep your information current and accurate, including your name, email address, phone number, and any license or registration information needed for course reporting.

If you are enrolling in a continuing education course, you are responsible for selecting the correct course for your profession, state, and license type.

Account Responsibility

If you create an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree not to share your login credentials with anyone else. We may suspend or terminate access if we believe an account is being shared, misused, or used in violation of these Terms and Conditions.

You agree that the person registering for a course is the person completing the course, quizzes, exams, and any required identity verification steps. We may require identity verification or supporting documentation before granting course access, issuing a certificate, or reporting course completion.

Course Enrollment and Access

When you purchase a course, you are purchasing access to the specific course selected at the time of purchase, subject to these Terms and Conditions and any course-specific requirements displayed on the website.

Course access periods, completion requirements, quizzes, exams, timers, certificates, and reporting obligations may vary by course and by state. You are responsible for reviewing the course description and any state-specific requirements before enrolling.

We reserve the right to update course content, course availability, pricing, instructors, technical requirements, and website features at any time without prior notice.

Certificates and State Reporting

Where applicable, 1st Choice Continuing Education may issue certificates of completion and report course completions to the appropriate state agency, board, or reporting system. Reporting time frames may vary depending on the course, the state, weekends, holidays, technical issues, verification needs, or agency processing delays.

You are responsible for providing accurate license, registration, and personal information. We are not responsible for delays, rejections, or reporting issues caused by inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated information provided by you.

Completion of a course does not guarantee license renewal, license reinstatement, approval by a licensing authority, or acceptance of credit by any state board or agency. Final approval and renewal decisions are made by the applicable licensing authority.

Payments

All prices are listed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated. By purchasing a course or service, you agree to pay all applicable charges, fees, and taxes associated with your order.

Payments are processed through third-party payment providers. By submitting payment information, you authorize the applicable payment processor to charge the amount due for your purchase.

We reserve the right to change pricing, discounts, promotions, coupon terms, and product availability at any time without notice.

Refunds

Refund eligibility, if any, is subject to our posted refund policy, course-specific rules, state requirements, and whether course access or completion activity has already occurred. If you request a refund, we may require information reasonably necessary to review the request.

We reserve the right to deny refund requests where course materials have been substantially accessed, downloaded, completed, or where a certificate has already been issued or course credit has already been reported, unless otherwise required by law.

Communications

By creating an account, making a purchase, submitting a contact form, or otherwise communicating with us, you agree that we may contact you regarding your account, purchases, support requests, certificates, reporting, technical issues, course reminders, updates, and other service-related matters by email, phone, or, if you opt in, by text message.

You are responsible for providing and maintaining a valid email address and phone number if you wish to receive communications from us.

SMS Terms

If you choose to opt in to receive text messages from 1st Choice Continuing Education, you agree to receive text messages related to your inquiry, customer support, account assistance, course reminders, and service updates.

Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchase.

You may opt out at any time by replying STOP. You may reply HELP for assistance.

Your agreement to receive text messages applies only to communications from 1st Choice Continuing Education and does not authorize marketing messages from third parties. For information on how we collect, use, and protect your information, please review our Privacy Policy.

User Content and Submissions

If you submit information, documents, messages, reviews, photos, attachments, or other materials to us, you represent that you have the right to provide those materials and that they do not violate any law or the rights of any third party.

You agree not to submit unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, misleading, or infringing content. We reserve the right to remove or refuse any submission at our discretion.

Intellectual Property

All website content, course materials, text, graphics, logos, videos, downloads, software, design elements, and other materials made available through the website are owned by or licensed to 1st Choice Continuing Education and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the website and course materials for your personal, non-commercial use in connection with the services you purchase from us. You may not reproduce, distribute, republish, upload, post, transmit, modify, create derivative works from, or exploit any content without our prior written permission.

Third-Party Services and Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, tools, payment processors, reporting systems, or services. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, policies, availability, or practices of any third party. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk and may be subject to separate terms and policies.

Disclaimers

The website, courses, and services are provided on an as-is and as-available basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, 1st Choice Continuing Education disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, and uninterrupted or error-free operation.

We do not warrant that the website will always be available, secure, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not guarantee that course content will be accepted for renewal in every circumstance or that use of our services will meet every individual licensing need.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, 1st Choice Continuing Education shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of data, loss of business opportunity, or interruption of business, arising out of or related to your use of or inability to use the website, courses, certificates, reporting services, or any related services.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the total liability of 1st Choice Continuing Education for any claim arising out of or relating to the website or services shall not exceed the amount actually paid by you to 1st Choice Continuing Education for the specific course or service giving rise to the claim.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless 1st Choice Continuing Education and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, affiliates, service providers, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to your use of the website, your violation of these Terms and Conditions, your violation of any law, or your violation of any third-party rights.

Termination

We reserve the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the website or services at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms and Conditions, misused the website, provided false information, engaged in fraud, shared your account, or otherwise acted in a manner that could harm 1st Choice Continuing Education or others.

Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions or your use of the website or services shall be governed by Texas law.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page and update the Effective Date or Last Updated date above. Your continued use of the website or services after the updated Terms become effective means you accept the revised Terms and Conditions.

Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us at:

1st Choice Continuing Education
Website: www.1stchoice-ce.com
Email: info@1stchoice-ce.com
Phone: 800-698-2770