You are accessing an American Psychiatry Association (APA) Information System (IS). The IS is provided for business purposes and official professional use only by persons authorized by the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) and may not be accessed for any other purpose. If you do not agree with the requirements stated herein, you must immediately log out of the IS.

By using this IS, you acknowledge and agree to the following conditions:

• Data submitted by any user to this IS may be considered State Data owned by the State of California and retained by APA in accordance with the data retention terms agreed between it and DSH.
• APA routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations.
• At any time, APA may inspect and seize data stored on this IS, and share it with DSH, law enforcement agencies, or others.
• Communications using, and data stored, on this IS are not private to you, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any authorized purpose.
• This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect APA and DSH interests—not for your personal benefit or privacy.
• No protected health information (PHI) about any individual may be submitted by you to this IS.
• This IS contains information that may be considered Personal Confidential Information (PCI) and you are required to protect such information as confidential.

Unauthorized or improper use of this system may result in administrative disciplinary action, civil and criminal penalties by DSH. By continuing to use this system you indicate your awareness of and agreement to these terms and conditions of use.

If you do not agree to the conditions stated in this notice, log off immediately.

I have read and agree to the above terms