Dormed

Liability Waiver

The waiver a parent or guardian signs when booking a Dormed campus tour.

Last updated: August 15, 2026 — DRAFT, pending legal review

This document is a placeholder. It has not been written or reviewed by a lawyer and is not a binding agreement. The sections below describe how Dormed intends to operate; the enforceable text will replace them before launch.

version 2026-08-draft

1.Who is signing, and on whose behalf

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The person booking is an adult — a parent or legal guardian — signing for themselves and for the student they are bringing onto campus.

The signature is drawn on screen at the end of booking and stored with the booking record, together with the version of this waiver that was on screen at the time.

Note for review: Whether a guardian can waive claims on a minor's behalf varies by state and is limited or void in several. Please advise what this can actually achieve, and whether a separate signature is needed.

2.Assumption of risk

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A Dormed tour is an in-person meeting with a student the family has not met before, followed by 60–90 minutes of walking around a working university campus.

The ordinary risks include walking on uneven ground, stairs, weather, traffic on and around campus, other people present in public spaces, and the fact that neither party has met the other before.

The family accepts those risks knowingly when it books.

3.Parent and guardian supervision of minors

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The booking adult stays with the visiting student and in sight of them for the whole tour. This is a condition of the booking, not a recommendation.

The guide is a student showing a family around. They are not a chaperone, a babysitter, or responsible for the supervision, safety, or behaviour of a minor at any point.

4.Meeting in public, and where a tour goes

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Tours begin at a public, posted meeting point — Student Union — Main Entrance — and stay in public and common areas of campus.

No tour enters a private dorm room or residence, and no tour involves travel by car.

If anything feels wrong, either side may end the tour immediately and leave. Nobody is expected to stay in a situation they are uncomfortable in, and telling Dormed afterwards is enough.

5.Dormed's role: an introduction, not supervision

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Dormed matches a family with a student guide, takes the payment, and provides the messaging they use to arrange the meeting.

Dormed does not employ guides, does not attend tours, does not supervise them, and has no representative on campus. It verifies that a guide registered with a university email ending in .edu — which shows enrollment at a domain, and nothing more. There is no background check and no identity check.

Note for review: This section and the Terms' liability limits are the same argument told twice. Draft them together, and make sure what is claimed here about verification matches exactly what the software does.

6.Release and scope

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This is where the release itself goes: what claims are being released, against whom (Dormed, its staff, the guide, and possibly the university), and what is not released.

It is empty on purpose. This is the operative clause of the document and it is not something to draft without a lawyer.

Note for review: FLAG FOR REVIEW — the operative clause. Note that universities are not parties to this agreement and have not agreed to anything, so a release naming them needs care.

7.Emergencies and contact

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In an emergency during a tour, call campus security or 911 first, then tell Dormed.

Dormed support is reachable by email and is not a live emergency channel — nobody is monitoring it minute by minute during a tour.

Note for review: No emergency contact is collected from the family and no medical information is held. If either should be, that is a product change, not a wording change.
Questions about this document?

Email support@dormed.app. In an emergency during a tour, call campus security or 911 first.