1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/28/2019 03:13pm
A bill for an act
relating to health; protecting physician-patient relationship by prohibiting
noncompete agreements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 145.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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In order to maintain continuity of care, protect the
physician-patient relationship, and increase access to care, the right of physicians to practice
medicine in a particular locale and for a definite period of time shall not be restrained by
noncompete agreements.
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Any contract or agreement that creates
or establishes the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional
relationship with a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state according to chapter
147 that includes any restriction on the right of a physician to practice medicine in any
geographic area for any period of time after the termination of the partnership, employment,
or professional relationship is void and unenforceable with respect to such restriction.
Nothing in this section shall render the remaining provisions of the contract or agreement
void or unenforceable.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies to any contract entered into on or after that date.
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