Terms of Service

Welcome to the website of Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC (referred to herein as “ILM,” “the Practice,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), led by Ashar Khan, MD. By accessing, browsing, reading, or otherwise using this website (the “Site”), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”) and our Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must immediately discontinue access and use of this Site. These Terms apply to all Site visitors, prospective patients, healthcare professionals, and any other individuals who interact with the public digital surfaces of Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC.

This Site is provided exclusively for personal, non-commercial, informational, and educational purposes regarding our clinical focus areas, integrative treatment philosophies, physician credentials, and appointment inquiry procedures.

When accessing or using the Site, you agree that you will not engage in any of the following prohibited activities:

• Illegal Activity: Violating any applicable local, state, federal, or international law, regulation, or medical practice statute.
• System Abuse & Interference: Interfering with, disrupting, overburdening, or impairing the proper functioning of our servers, networks, hosting providers, or Site infrastructure.
• Unauthorized Access: Attempting to gain unauthorized access to any restricted portion of the Site, administrative panels, server accounts, or underlying databases through hacking, password mining, or any other illegitimate means.
• Automated Misuse & Scraping: Using automated mechanisms, including spiders, robots, scrapers, data crawlers, or bulk harvesting scripts, to extract content, images, source code, or clinical materials without our express prior written authorization.
• Communication Abuse: Submitting false, deceptive, defamatory, obscene, or fraudulent inquiries through our contact forms, consultation booking workflows, or interactive messaging widgets.
• Malicious Code: Introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other technologically harmful materials into our digital environment.

The content published on this Site—including articles, care pathway descriptions, blog posts, sleep medicine insights, lifestyle therapeutic discussions, FAQs, physician profiles, and metabolic rehabilitation overviews—is provided strictly for general informational and educational purposes.

Nothing contained on this Site is intended to constitute, nor should it be construed as, professional medical advice, psychiatric diagnosis, clinical assessment, psychological treatment, or a prescribed therapeutic regimen. Every individual's physiology, medical history, and psychological background is unique. You should never disregard, avoid, or delay seeking professional advice from your licensed physician or qualified healthcare provider because of something you read or viewed on this Site.

We maintain a strict boundary between public website visitors and established clinical patients of Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC:

• Browsing & Reviewing: Accessing, reviewing, or interacting with this website does not create, imply, or constitute a physician-patient relationship between you and Ashar Khan, MD, or any clinician associated with Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC.
• Contact Inquiries & Chat: Submitting a message through our online contact form, email address, or automated chat widget does not establish a physician-patient relationship or clinical duty of care.
• Formal Intake Requirement: A physician-patient relationship with Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC is formed only afteryou have completed the practice's formal clinical onboarding, provided required medical intake documentation, signed explicit informed consent and financial agreements, had your case reviewed and accepted, and completed an initial clinical evaluation with an authorized physician.

This Section 4A applies to short message service (SMS) and text messages sent through the Services, including messages sent by the businesses and organizations that use the Services (each, a “Sender”) to individuals who have provided their mobile number and consented to receive messages — for example, by submitting an opt-in through a LeadConnector chat widget, web form, keyword, or other opt-in method made available through the Services. If you opt in to receive such messages, the following terms apply to you:

Our Site provides pathways for prospective and returning patients to request appointment consultations and initiate digital intake. You acknowledge and agree that:

• Availability Subject to Change: Appointment availability, clinical schedules, and consultation slots displayed on or accessed via the Site are estimates and subject to physician triage and administrative confirmation.
• Third-Party Intake Systems: To facilitate secure intake workflows, we utilize third-party clinical scheduling and intake platforms (such as Medastrix). Your interaction with external intake software is subject to their respective terms and security protocols in addition to these Terms.
• Practice Policies: Established appointments are governed by our clinic's internal operational policies regarding cancellation notices, arrival times, telehealth requirements, and no-shows, as communicated during formal patient onboarding.

Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC makes diligent, reasonable efforts to maintain accurate, evidence-informed, and contemporary information across our digital pages. However, medical science, clinical research, insurance participation guidelines, and lifestyle therapeutic methodologies evolve continuously.

Consequently, we do not warrant or represent that all content, descriptions, practitioner biographies, or published resources on the Site are entirely complete, current, error-free, or comprehensive at any given moment. We reserve the right to modify, amend, update, or retire any website materials at our discretion without prior notice.

All original materials displayed on or embodied within this Site—including without limitation the Integrative Lifestyle Medicine name, Healing Lifestyle Medicine moniker, logo, clinic iconography, textual descriptions of care pathways, editorial articles, custom graphic illustrations, layout architecture, audio/video assets, and computer code—are the exclusive intellectual property of Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC or its content licensors, protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws.

You are granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to view, download, and print individual pages for personal, non-commercial, informational reference only. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, broadcast, modify, adapt, or create derivative works of our original materials without our express prior written consent.

Third-party trademarks, service marks, logos, or journal references (such as Open Meridian Press or The Journal of Preventive & Metabolic Rehab) referenced on the Site remain the property of their respective owners.

To provide modern communication, intake, navigation, and cloud hosting capabilities, our Site integrates with or links to third-party tools and external websites. These include:

• Clinical Intake Services: Embedded intake forms and workflows powered by Medastrix.
• Web Communication Widgets: Interactive lead and inquiry widgets powered by LeadConnector.
• Mapping & Navigation: Clinic location directions and interactive maps provided by Google Maps.
• Hosting & Infrastructure: Cloud hosting environments and content distribution networks.

These third-party platforms and linked external websites operate under independent terms of service and privacy policies. Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC does not exercise control over external websites, does not endorse their content, and assumes no responsibility or liability for the privacy practices, reliability, or acts of third-party service providers.

When you transmit inquiries, feedback, or appointment consultation requests through our public web forms or contact links, you certify that the information provided is accurate and belongs to you.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC, its founding physician, clinical affiliates, officers, employees, and authorized agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising out of or in connection with:

• Your access to, browsing of, or inability to access the Site;
• Any reliance upon general informational or educational content published on the Site;
• Any technical interruptions, transmission delays, server downtime, or system glitches;
• Any unauthorized access to or alteration of transmissions or data; or
• The statements, acts, or omissions of any third-party service provider linked from or integrated into the Site.

This Site and all information provided through it are made available on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC, Ashar Khan, MD, and its medical staff, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or legal fees resulting from your violation of these Terms, your misuse of the Site, or your infringement of any intellectual property or privacy right of any third party.

Integrative Lifestyle Medicine PLLC reserves the right to review, amend, or update these Terms of Service periodically to reflect changes in clinical offerings, technological integrations, or applicable legal requirements.

When revisions are made, the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will be revised accordingly. Your continued use of the Site following the publication of updated Terms constitutes your affirmative acceptance of the revised provisions.

If any provision of these Terms is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, invalid, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of the remaining provisions, which shall continue in full force and effect.

These Terms of Service and any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to your use of this Site shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of Laws of Michigan, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.

You agree that any legal action or proceeding arising under or in connection with these Terms shall be instituted exclusively in the competent state or federal courts located in Laws of Michigan, and you hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts.

If you have questions, comments, or legal inquiries regarding these Terms of Service, please contact the practice through the following official communication channels: