Medical, Legal & Professional Disclaimer

1. Not a medical device or medical advice

Mold Scanner AI is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is not classified as a medical device under any regulatory framework. The Services do not diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, or prevent any disease, condition, or health outcome.

When our website discusses health topics, it provides general educational summaries and evidence limitations. It does not administer a clinical screening instrument, evaluate symptoms, recommend a treatment, or connect a person's condition to a particular building. That content is not medical advice for your specific situation.

Never disregard professional medical advice, delay seeking it, or stop a treatment because of anything you read on our website or see in our tools. Always consult a licensed healthcare provider who knows you and your medical history before making health decisions.

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 (or your local emergency number) or go to the nearest emergency room.

2. Not a professional mold inspection

Mold Scanner AI does not replace a certified mold inspection by a professional credentialed by ACAC (American Council for Accredited Certification), IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification), or any state licensing body. A phone camera and AI model cannot perform what a trained inspector does in person. Specifically, we cannot:

• See hidden mold. Growth inside wall cavities, under flooring, behind cabinets or wallpaper, inside HVAC ducts, above drop ceilings, or in crawl spaces is outside a submitted photo. Suspected concealed moisture requires an appropriate on-site investigation.
• Identify species. The app does not identify mold genus or species from a photo. Appropriate sampling and laboratory analysis are required for identification.
• Measure moisture. A professional inspector uses pin and pinless moisture meters, thermohygrometers, and infrared cameras to locate moisture. We cannot measure moisture content from a photograph.
• Measure airborne particles, mycotoxins, or volatile compounds. A phone photo does not collect or analyze environmental samples.
• Assess structural integrity. We cannot evaluate damage to framing, subfloors, joists, sheathing, roof decking, or load-bearing elements.
• Trace water sources. A photograph cannot locate or prove the source of a plumbing leak, envelope failure, condensation problem, or other moisture condition.
• Produce a report admissible in court, insurance claims, or real-estate disclosures. Jurisdictions and carriers have specific requirements for admissible assessments; our output is not designed to meet them.

Treat tool output as a prompt to document accessible conditions, not as proof. The appropriate next step depends on the visible area, material, moisture history, access hazards, HVAC involvement, and stakes of the decision. Do not make a high-stakes remediation or occupancy decision based solely on our output.

3. Not legal advice; no attorney-client relationship

Our Services include tools that generate draft documents (for example, the Tenant Mold Complaint Letter + Photo Log) and educational content that discusses legal topics (landlord-tenant law, warranty of habitability, insurance claims, real-estate disclosure). None of this is legal advice and none of it should be treated as legal advice.

Using our Services does not create an attorney-client relationship. We are not a law firm, and our staff are not your attorneys. We do not practice law. The output of any document-drafting tool is a starting template that must be reviewed, customized, and, before it is sent to any landlord, opposing party, insurance carrier, or government agency, approved by a licensed attorney (or a qualified legal-aid clinic) in your specific jurisdiction.

Laws vary by state, county, and city. A template that is protective in one jurisdiction may be insufficient, irrelevant, or actively harmful in another. Communications you send can become evidence; some jurisdictions have strict rules on cure notices, retaliation protections, service of process, written demand procedures, and habitability claims. The wrong form, wrong timing, or wrong recipient can weaken, or forfeit, your rights.

If you are considering litigation, an insurance claim, a disclosure obligation, a lease dispute, a habitability complaint, or any other legally significant action, consult a licensed attorney.

4. Not insurance, appraisal, or real-estate advice

Our Services do not provide insurance adjustment, appraisal, inspection for resale, or real-estate disclosure advice. Insurance carriers and real-estate transactions have specific evidentiary and procedural requirements that our educational output does not satisfy. Do not submit tool output to an insurance carrier or a real-estate counterparty as evidence without an independent licensed assessment.

5. What our AI can and cannot do

Our photo analysis uses a multimodal AI model operated by a service provider. The model evaluates visual patterns and returns a best-effort screen, not a physical measurement, laboratory result, or inspection finding. In particular:

• The model can miss real mold that is visible in the photo.
• The model can misidentify mold when what is shown is dirt, soot, shadow, water staining, paint failure, rust, mineral deposits, insect droppings, or normal building materials.
• The model can produce "hallucinations", confidently stated details that are not present in the photo or are factually incorrect.
• The model's knowledge has a training-data cutoff and may not reflect the latest published research or current product recommendations.
• The model cannot inspect anything outside the image frame or verify contextual information supplied by a user.

False negatives and false positives are both possible. An unclear, unusable, or concerning image should be retaken or escalated to a qualified professional, not treated as proof.

6. Categorical screening labels

Mold Scanner AI presents a categorical screening label without a percentage. A label describes the model's first-pass visual match and is not a statistical probability of mold presence, clinical sensitivity or specificity, independently benchmarked accuracy, or a financial-risk estimate.

Do not use a screening label as evidence for a financial, health, legal, insurance, property, or remediation decision. Those decisions require the appropriate independent evidence and qualified professional.

7. Photo quality, framing, and lighting affect the output

The quality of our analysis depends on the quality of the photo you submit. Blurry images, extreme glare, heavy shadows, partial framing, HDR artifacts, or filters can all reduce accuracy. A bad photo will produce a bad analysis. We make a best effort to flag image-quality issues in our output, but we cannot catch every case.

8. Evidence sources and intended use

We prioritize current public guidance and clearly identified supporting evidence, including:

• Public agencies, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and relevant state agencies.
• Peer-reviewed research, used with its study design, population, uncertainty, and applicability in view.
• Published standards and manufacturer instructions, used only for the activities and products they actually cover.
• Commercial claims, identified as company-reported facts and not treated as independent validation.

These sources support general educational content only. They have not validated Mold Scanner AI as an inspection, laboratory, environmental-measurement, or medical instrument. The app does not administer clinical screening instruments and does not use health answers to change a visual-screening result.

For a full citation list, see our studies page (where published).

9. When to get professional help

Use an appropriately qualified building, HVAC, remediation, or other professional, with state licensing where required, when any of the following apply:

• The moisture source is concealed, recurring, or not understood.
• The work involves HVAC equipment, sewage or contaminated water, structural damage, electrical hazards, demolition, height, confined spaces, or other unsafe access.
• The affected material or area is extensive, difficult to isolate, or outside the cleanup guidance you can follow safely.
• A landlord, insurer, buyer, seller, lender, regulator, court, or another party may rely on the result.
• You need a remediation scope, post-remediation assessment, or occupancy decision.

10. When to see a doctor

Consult a licensed healthcare provider when:

• You have new, persistent, worsening, or concerning symptoms.
• You have asthma, allergies, chronic lung disease, immune suppression, or another condition that may require individualized precautions.
• You are unsure whether symptoms require urgent evaluation or whether another cause should be investigated.

Seek emergency medical care for severe breathing difficulty or another medical emergency. A website, photo, environmental sample, or symptom timeline cannot diagnose the cause.

11. Third-party links and commercial relationships

Some pages on our website reference third-party products (for example, dehumidifiers, air purifiers, mold-cleaning products, at-home test kits). Where we link to an external store, we may earn a commission if you purchase through that link, at no additional cost to you. Affiliate earnings do not influence the substance of our editorial recommendations, and we do not accept payment to include a product. Where a relationship exists, it is disclosed on the page in accordance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides.

12. Contact

Questions about this disclaimer? Email hello@moldscanner.ai. For related policies, see our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.