The author is a lawyer who especializes in business law.
An assumption of risk form is a document used in the service industry for when an employee is going to perform services on a client. The assumption of risk form serves as a waiver of liability for your business, in which the client assumes the risk for the serves to be performed on them. Here's how you can write one for your own business.
Instructions
1. It is preferred if you write this document on your company's stationary. You can print and initial document and make copies for all your employees to have for their clients.
2. The document should start with a fill-in-the-blank section where the client writes their name, age and address. Underneath should be the name of your business, location and the type of service to be performed.
3. The document should read that the client has been informed of any possible consequences that might arise out of the service they are requesting to be performed. Make sure that you list one by one these consequences.
4. If the service you are going to perform requires a predisposition test for any possible allergies, make sure to write this information on the form and that the client has waived to have this test done.
5. The document should have a disclosure that the client is aware of any possible consequences that might arise out of the service and that they are willing to assume the risk for such services.
6. Specifically state the client is willing to assume the risk and agrees to hold your business harmless in the event of any injury or damage to their person and belongings. Also, that since the client would not undertake the predisposition test, state that they waive any rights to make a claim or to sue your business for damages resulting from the service.
7. Include that the client "further acknowledges" that your business is rendering its services "solely in reliance upon" the clients request, and that they do not rely on any warranty "express or implied" in having their service performed.
8. The document should finish with three blank spaces, one for the client's signature, another space for a witness signature and a final one for the date. Keep the original document for your records.
