Privacy & Terms | Healix Lab

Terms & Conditions

1. About These Terms and Conditions for The Supply of Services
"We" are Healix Labs, a company registered in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman with company registration number 1400979 and its registered office situated at Al Khuwair, PO BOX 248, PC 123, Muscat, Oman.

"You" are the customer who has accessed our website or attended one of our labs and intends to place or has placed an order for our Services and/or Products (as defined below).

Our services comprise laboratory testing services (including blood, saliva, swab and other biological samples) and, where applicable, the taking of samples and as otherwise set out in the “Our Services” section below (“Services”). Our Services may include the provision of self-testing kits and/or other products (“Products”).

These terms and conditions along with our Privacy Policy (together, the "Terms") apply to any order you make for our Services. If there is any conflict between these Terms and any terms or conditions found elsewhere on our website, or in any written or verbal communication between you and us, these Terms shall prevail.

Please read these Terms carefully before you submit/request your order to us. These Terms tell you who we are, how we provide our Services (including Products) to you, how you and we may change or end the contract, what to do if there is a problem and other important information. If you think there is a mistake in these terms, please contact us to discuss. Our contact details are at the end of these Terms.

These Terms cover the purchase of our Services by an individual consumer. You may only purchase Services, including Products, from us if you are at least 18 years old and reside in a location where our Services can be lawfully used. If you are acquiring our services as a business our ‘Terms & Condition for the Supply of Services – Business’ apply. Our liability is limited as set out in the “Our Liability” section below.

If you have sent a sample on behalf of someone else, then you must have permission to agree to these Terms and Conditions on behalf of the other person. You guarantee that the sample provided belongs to that person and you have legal authority to act on that person’s behalf to request the Services.

Test results are for information purposes only. We provide your results and reference ranges only and do not provide any comments on how to interpret your blood results or any other diagnostic advice. Reference ranges are based on our understanding of what are considered normal ranges in the general population as at the time of giving the test results. These may not be relevant to you and may change from time to time. We shall not be responsible for notifying you of any changes.

Tests and test results do have limitations and the result and/or associated report is provided in the context of the test ordered and the biomarker(s) analyzed. Test results and/or genetic information alone are unlikely to be enough to understand your overall health or a specific condition you may be wondering about. They are not a clinical diagnosis and are never a substitute for seeing a doctor – particularly if you have any symptoms. They must never be relied on to provide a diagnosis or start treatment without the advice of a doctor or healthcare professional. If you have any concerns at all regarding any aspect of your health or your test results you should discuss them directly with your GP or a doctor.

The results of genetic testing have limitations and their interpretation is the subject of ongoing research. There are many subtleties to the interpretation of genetic information (or genetic data) and this test is not designed to diagnose, prevent or treat any illness or condition without considering the wider context of your clinical and medical history.

Based on the results of your test(s) we may advise that you purchase a follow-up test or that you see your GP or a doctor for further investigation or both, but we shall not be obliged to do so and we shall bear no liability if we do not. If we do so, this shall be the extent of our further advice to you. We do not provide any clinical diagnostic advice. You agree that you are solely responsible for acting on such guidance and that we shall not be liable if you choose not to do so.

2. How The Contract is Formed
Online
Where you are ordering our Services online, including where you book online for an on-site appointment, our website will guide you through the steps you need to take to place an order with us. As part of the order process, you will need to accept these Terms.

Our order process allows you to check and amend any errors before submitting your order to us. Please take the time to read and check your order at each stage of the order process. It is your responsibility to ensure that all information you submit to us is complete and accurate. No refunds will be given, and we shall not be liable, if we are unable to properly supply our Services to you because you have provided incomplete or inaccurate information.

Payment must be received in full prior to us processing your online order, including where you book online for an on-site appointment. Once payment is received, we will confirm our acceptance of your order to you by sending you a confirmation email. The contract (“Contract”) between us, including these Terms, will only be formed on the date we send you this acceptance confirmation.

On-site or in-lab tests
Where you are ordering our Services in one of our stores or any of our test locations, as opposed to online, our staff will guide you through the steps you need to take to place an order with us. By ordering on-site you are making an offer to purchase our Services in accordance with these Terms.

As part of the order process, you will be asked to complete, sign and submit a test request form. Please take the time to read and check the information you provide in this form. It is your responsibility to ensure that all information you provide is complete, legible and accurate. No refunds will be given, and we shall not be liable, if we are unable to properly supply our Services to you because you have provided incomplete, illegible or inaccurate information.

The test request form must be completed and given to us and payment must be received in full prior to us processing your on-site order. The contract (“Contract”) between us, including these Terms, will only be formed once these steps have been undertaken.

General services for all tests
If we are unable to accept your order, we will inform you of this and will not charge you for the Services.

For online orders we will assign an order number to your order and tell you what it is when we accept your order. It will help us if you can tell us the order number whenever you contact us about your order.

By purchasing a test and giving a sample you are providing us and our laboratory with your informed consent to perform the tests you have ordered.

Please refer to the “Your Personal Information” section below and our Privacy Policy in connection with the information we request about you as part of the ordering process and how we use such information.

3. Our Services
As part of our Services, we provide a number of different ways in which you can purchase a laboratory test.

Our website and in-store materials set out details of the tests that we perform and the Services that we provide in connection with each such test, including any turnaround times. Turnaround times are an estimate of the time it will take for your sample, once received by our laboratory, to be tested and the test results made available to you.

In a small percentage of cases tests need to be re-run or re-analyzed which is an unavoidable reality with such a precise and sensitive laboratory test. Please allow for the possibility that in such circumstances it will take a little longer to get your results to you.

You agree that you are entirely responsible for your selection of tests and that it is your decision as to whether the tests you purchase from us are suitable for you and whatever you may need them for. If in any doubt, please speak to a doctor or a qualified medical professional.

Where relevant, you agree that it is your responsibility to check the requirements of your airline, transport provider or country of destination. Requirements regularly change and we recommend you read the latest Oman government travel advice and check with your airline, transport provider or border officials before booking. We cannot be held responsible if the documentation we provide does not meet travel or border entry requirements.

Our website also sets out the various ways in which samples can be taken and sent to us, including self-testing kits, on-site testing at one of our testing locations or testing at your home or office by one of our trained staff members. Where you have purchased an on-site test or a test at your home or office by one of our members of staff then our Services include the taking of the sample and the delivery of the sample to our laboratory.

The description of the Services on our website forms part of our contract with you, but if the description of the Services on our website and these Terms are inconsistent (including as regard any turnaround times), then these Terms shall prevail.

You are responsible for ensuring that all information provided to us is complete, accurate and legible.

We will use all reasonable endeavor's to meet all appointment times, but time shall not be of the essence.

Home or office visit
If you have ordered a home/office visit, our trained staff member will attend the address provided at the appointment time (subject to the below). You must be present at the agreed address at the appointment time and available to give the sample. Our trained staff member will then take the sample and arrange for it to be sent to our laboratory on your behalf. No refund shall be given for the home/office visit if you are unavailable to take the test at the appointment time, but our trained staff member will attempt to leave the testing kit to enable you to take the test yourself and it will be your responsibility to arrange for the return of your sample to the laboratory. No refund shall be given for the return courier service if the courier is unable to return the sample to our laboratory in such circumstances.

We will use all reasonable endeavor's to meet all appointment times, but time shall not be of the essence.

On-site or in-lab test
If you have ordered an on-site test (whether online or on-site as a walk-in), then you should attend the relevant test location in good time prior to your booked appointment time. Our trained staff member will take the sample and arrange for it to be sent to our laboratory on your behalf. On-site tests will be sent to our laboratory on the same day. No refund shall be given if you fail to attend your appointment at your appointment time.

We will use all reasonable endeavor's to meet all appointment times but time shall not be of the essence.

General services for all tests
Your results will be sent to the email address provided by you as soon as they are available.

As set out above, any delay in our laboratory receiving your sample will result in a delay in test results being available. If you need your test results within a certain timeframe we recommend selecting one of our services that guarantees the delivery of your sample as quickly as possible within the timeframe required.

The Services will be deemed to have been provided once your test results have been made available. We may contact you by telephone or email regarding your sample and test results.

4. Samples and Test Results
Any sample you send to our laboratory for analysis will be analyzed only in relation to the test or tests that you have ordered.

Occasionally the laboratory is unable to test samples sent to them at all, or in some cases one or several biomarkers (i.e. analytes) may be unable to be tested. For example: this may be because the amount collected is insufficient for full analysis or the sample has deteriorated, clotted, haemolysed (where red blood cells damaged during the sample collection process leak their contents into the surrounding plasma) or the sample has leaked in transit. For RNA or DNA tests this may be due to genetic degradation or inhibitors being present in the sample resulting in an inconclusive result.

If the laboratory cannot analyze the requested test or blood profile in its entirety, we will either (at our discretion) send you another testing kit free of charge, arrange an appointment for a repeat test, or issue you with a refund. Please note that if you have requested a blood test and a small number of biomarkers are unable to be tested, we will try our best to arrange a repeat test for those particular invalid biomarkers. We are unable to provide a partial refund for invalid or rejected biomarker(s) unless the sample is rejected and the profile cannot be tested in its entirety.

This shall be the extent of our liability to you if we are unable to perform a test you have ordered. Refunds will be processed within 10 (ten) working days. You shall not be entitled to a retest or a refund if the reason we are unable to perform a test is due to your failure to comply with these Terms.

Subject to the below, in some cases samples may be stored by our laboratory for up to 4 (four) weeks after the initial analysis has been carried out to give you the opportunity to order further tests or to repeat the analysis at an additional cost ("Storage Period"). Samples will be destroyed once the Storage Period has expired. We may also be requested by regulatory authorities to store samples for longer or even send samples to referral laboratories for additional analysis, for example for the sequencing of Covid-19 genomes. In which case we will follow all legal and regulatory requirements.

Every test on our website has a corresponding turnaround time. Turnaround times are an estimate (stated in working days) of the time it will take for your sample, once received by our laboratory, to be tested and the test results made available to you. Time shall not be of the essence in the provision of test results, and we do not guarantee that test results will be available within a published turnaround time.

Genetic tests and genetic testing Services
Any sample you send to our laboratory for genetic testing will be result in your genetic information (genetic data) being extracted and analyzed, and electronically transmitted. To access the genetic information, you will be required to use our or one of our partner’s websites. You will need to agree to any alternative or additional terms and policies that may apply.

There are many subtleties to the interpretation of genetic information. Genetic information has its limitations, and it is based on interpretation of scientific studies and ongoing research. It provides limited information related to your health and wellness and it cannot be conclusive. Some results may not be clinically significant. There are other factors beyond genetic markers, such as lifestyle and environmental choices or factors, which also affect wellness traits. Genetic technology is constantly evolving, and the Services and/or genetic information interpretation may change without any prior notice.

Genetic tests and the provision of genetic information may not be suitable for everyone. Genetic testing and its results may provide information or knowledge that may cause distress or might be not what you expected. Please take this into consideration before using the Services and/or Products.

Sharing your genetic information with family, friends and other companies should be approached with caution. Some healthcare providers may use it as part of your medical records which could lead to complications or insurance policy changes.

Allergy testing Services
The allergy testing Service we provide detects the presence of IgE antibodies. The cause of allergic reactions is complex and multifactorial and the presence of IgE antibodies is just one indicator of whether a person may suffer allergic reactions. Tests for allergies are never conclusive. The test result provides a specific range of IgE levels, but it is not a clinical diagnosis and thus cannot be categorical as to whether a person is going to experience an allergic reaction.

Please be aware that in the case of food allergies, there are many individual components within a food that may cause an allergic response. The food extract or molecular component tested within the Product may not contain the chemical causing the allergy or the component may be in a different form.

5. How To Pay
You may pay for our Services using a debit or credit card and this includes all major credit cards such as MasterCard, Visa and American Express OR Cash OR Bank Transfer. Please ask for details.

6. Price of Products and Delivery Charges
The price of the Services will be as quoted on our website at the time you submit your order.

If you choose to return any samples to our laboratory via recorded or guaranteed next day delivery you will do so at your own cost.

Prices for our Services may change from time to time, but changes will not affect any order you have already placed.

It is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the Services we sell may be incorrectly priced. If we accept and process your order where a pricing error is obvious and unmistakable and could reasonably have been recognized by you as a mispricing, we may end the Contract, refund you any sums you have paid and require the return of any Products provided to you.

7. Our Liability
The Services, including any Products, you purchase from us are for private use only and you agree not to use the Services, including any Products, for any commercial purpose. We are not liable to you for any loss of profit, loss of business or revenue, business interruption or loss of business opportunity.

Subject as follows, our total liability to you in contract, tort, misrepresentation or otherwise resulting from an order for Services is limited to the total value of the Services - meaning the price you paid for the Services, including any Products.

We shall not be in breach of these Terms and are not liable for any costs (including travel), loss, delay, inconvenience or damage you suffer as a result of :

the sample you send being lost, delayed or damaged in transit or via post from you to us;
the laboratory being unable to test your sample for any reason;
samples having to be re-run or re-analyzed;
any injury you may suffer when using finger-prick lancets unless the lancet is shown to be defective;
test results not being made available to you within the turnaround time stated for any Services;
your ordering of the wrong test or failure to understand the limitations of a particular test result(s) and/or test report;
your failure to follow instructions provided to you in relation to sample collection or pre-sample preparation requirements, such as fasting;
your failure to act upon our advice if we recommend that you seek medical advice or attention having taken a test;
your failure to show out-of-range test results to your GP or doctor;
your misinterpretation of the test result and/or test report;
your failure to send a sample to the laboratory for testing within the Validity Period outlined above;
your failure to attend a pre-booked appointment or home or office visit;
your sharing or disclosure of test results and/or genetic information to third parties;
Events Outside Our Control as described below.
This is a non-exhaustive list, and you should carefully read these Terms in their entirety for full details of our obligations.

If we fail to comply with the Terms then, subject to our cap on liability and other limitations below, we are only responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach of the Terms or our negligence. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is an obvious consequence of our breach or if it was contemplated by you and us at the time we entered into the Contract. We are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable.

We do not in any way exclude or limit our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for:

death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

8. Events Outside Our Control
We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our Services, or other contractual obligations, that is caused by any act or event beyond our reasonable control.

If an event outside our control takes place that affects the performance of our contractual obligations:

we will contact you as soon as reasonably possible to notify you; and
our contractual obligations will be suspended and the time for performance of our obligations will be extended for the duration of the event outside our control.
Where the event outside our control affects our delivery of testing kits to you, we will arrange a new delivery date with you once the event outside our control is over.

You may cancel an order affected by an event outside our control which has continued for more than 14 days. To cancel, please contact us. If you opt to cancel, we will refund in full the total price you have paid for the Services.

9. Your Personal Information
You must provide us with some personal information, including your first and surnames, address, gender and date of birth in order for our laboratory to process your test. Name, date of birth and gender are required by our laboratory for identification purposes.

You are also given the option to provide details of symptoms you may be suffering or other medical or lifestyle information you feel may be relevant to the test at the time you complete the Test Request Form. Please note that whether you provide this information or not does not change the fact that you are entirely responsible for consulting a health professional for assistance in the interpretation of your results and please remember that laboratory testing alone is never a substitute for seeing a qualified healthcare professional.

Except as set out below, any information that you give us will be used solely in relation to the Services you have purchased from us. By placing an order you give us your consent to pass any and all relevant information about you on to our partner clinics and companies, and referral laboratories and/or to our employees and agents for the purposes of preparing your sample and analyzing and interpreting the results. In some cases, we may use a laboratory or company outside the Sultanate of Oman to process, analyze and/or interpret a sample.

We may use your information for our own business analysis, product development and (with relevant consent) marketing purposes and may pass limited information about you to third parties engaged by us under a duty of confidence to assist us in these tasks. We will not sell or pass on your personal information to third parties to enable them to contact you directly or market their products or services to you. Your information may also be used, on an anonymous basis, by us and third parties engaged by us for the purpose of scientific research or examining aggregate medical or clinical trial data.

None of your personal information will be passed on to your doctor or any other third party, other than for those reasons set out in these Terms.

We only use your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please take the time to read our Privacy Policy as it includes important terms which apply to you.

10. Our Right to Vary These Terms
We may amend these Terms from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. The new Terms will be available on our websites.

Every time you order Services from us, the Terms in force at the time of placing your order will apply to the Contract formed between you and us.

If we have to revise the Terms as they apply to your order, and if you are not happy with the changes, you may cancel the order in respect of any test to be conducted, testing kit received (so long as it has not been opened, used or damaged) or just the testing kit you are yet to receive, or either of these combinations (if applicable).

11. Other Important Terms
The Contract is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

Each of the paragraphs of the Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under the Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.

Please note that the Terms are governed by Oman law. This means a Contract for the purchase of Services through our website or otherwise and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it will be governed by Omani law. You and we both agree that the courts of Oman will have exclusive jurisdiction.

13. Contacting Us
If you want to contact us for any reason; or for further information, advice, to return a testing kit, complain or to ask for a refund please either telephone us on +968 24291274, or email us at info@healixoman.com or use the online form on the “Contact” page on our website: www.healix-labs.com/contact

By providing us with your contact details you give us your consent to contact you about our Services and Products you have bought or enquired about. If we do need to contact you, we will email or phone you using the contact details you provide to us when you order our Services. We may leave you a message if necessary. We send you test results via email, so it is your responsibility to ensure that your contact details are correct and kept up to date.

These terms were updated on the 6th of February 2024.