function MM_validateForm() { //v4.0
  var i,p,q,nm,test,num,min,max,errors='',args=MM_validateForm.arguments;
  for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) { test=args[i+2]; val=MM_findObj(args[i]);
    if (val) { nm=val.name; if ((val=val.value)!="") {
      if (test.indexOf('isEmail')!=-1) { p=val.indexOf('@');
        if (p<1 || p==(val.length-1)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain an e-mail address.\n';
      } else if (test!='R') { num = parseFloat(val);
        if (isNaN(val)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number.\n';
        if (test.indexOf('inRange') != -1) { p=test.indexOf(':');
          min=test.substring(8,p); max=test.substring(p+1);
          if (num<min || max<num) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number between '+min+' and '+max+'.\n';
    } } } else if (test.charAt(0) == 'R') errors += '- '+nm+' is required.\n'; }
  } if (errors) alert('The following error(s) occurred:\n'+errors);
  document.MM_returnValue = (errors == '');
}

function validate_form ( )
{
	valid = true;

        if ( document.form1.Preferred_method_for_results.selectedIndex == 0 )
        {
                alert ( "REQUIRED: Please select how you would prefer to receive results." );
                valid = false;
        }

MM_validateForm('First Name','','R','Last Name','','R','Address','','R','City','','R','State','','R','Zip Code','','RisNum','Email','','RisEmail','Phone(Area_Code)','','RisNum','Phone(first 3 digits)','','RisNum','Phone(last 4 digits)','','RisNum');return document.MM_returnValue;

        return valid;
}