General Terms and Conditions

Website Terms and Conditions

Please note that these Terms and Conditions have been translated for convenience only. The Dutch version is the only legally binding and applicable version.

The information on this website is primarily intended for pregnant women and their partners living in the municipalities of Boxtel, Liempde, Esch, Vught, Helvoirt, Cromvoirt, Gemonde, and Sint-Michielsgestel. No rights can be derived from the content of this website. The midwives cannot be held liable for any consequences resulting from the information provided on this site. Only general information is available here, as every pregnancy has its own specific circumstances.

Despite all the care devoted to the composition of this website, Fem Center for Women and Maternity Care cannot be held liable for any damage resulting from any error that may appear on the website or from the consequences of using the website. Fem is also not liable for the consequences of the website being unavailable. Fem accepts no liability for the content of websites not maintained by Fem that are referred to from this site or that link to this website.

Payment Terms

Payment terms established by the Royal Dutch Organization of Midwives, legally registered in Utrecht; Filed with the Clerk of the District Court in Utrecht on June 21, 1996, under number 165/1996. The following terms apply to full or partial midwifery care provided by a midwife or her substitute:

Payment for the midwifery care provided must be made within 30 days of the invoice date by the client or her health insurer to the midwife responsible for her prenatal care, without any deduction, set-off, or discount.

If the payment term is exceeded, the client/health insurer is considered to be in default without further notice. From the due date of the invoice, the client/health insurer owes a monthly interest of 1% on the outstanding amount, with any part of a month being counted as a full month.

If the client, after a formal reminder, remains in default of payment, all judicial and extrajudicial collection costs incurred by the midwife to obtain full payment shall be borne by the client without further notice of default. The collection costs amount to a minimum of 15% of the outstanding claim, plus VAT on these costs insofar as the midwife is unable to deduct it. Collection costs include, among other things, the costs of legal assistance, engagement of a debt collection agency, bailiff, or lawyer.

For the determination of the amount owed by the client, the administrative records of the midwife are decisive, unless the client explicitly provides evidence to the contrary. All disputes arising from an agreement subject to these terms shall be submitted to the competent court in the debtor’s place of residence. If the dispute does not fall under the jurisdiction of the subdistrict court, the midwife is entitled to bring the dispute before the competent court in Utrecht.