CHAPTER 194
SB 417 - FINAL VERSION
03/24/2016 1062s
2016 SESSION
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SENATE BILL\t417
AN ACT\trelative to employment contract restrictions upon physicians.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 40; Rep. Sterling, Ches. 14; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4; Rep. H. French, Merr. 2; Rep. Eastman, Hills. 28
COMMITTEE:\tCommerce
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill prohibits certain geographic area restrictions in partnership, employment, or other professional relationship contracts for physicians licensed by the board of medicine.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to employment contract restrictions upon physicians.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t194:1 New Section; Physicians and Surgeons; Contract Restrictions Limited. Amend RSA 329 by inserting after section 31 the following new section:
\t329:31-a Certain Contract Restrictions upon Physicians Unenforceable. Any contract or agreement which creates or established the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional relationship with a physician licensed by the board to practice in this state, which includes any restriction to the right of such physician to also practice medicine in any geographic area for any period of time after the termination of such partnership, employment, or professional relationship shall be void and unenforceable with respect to said restriction; provided however, that nothing herein shall render void or unenforceable the remaining provision of any such contract or agreement. The requirements of this section shall apply to new contracts or renewals of contracts entered into on or after the effective date of this section.
\t194:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 6, 2016
Effective Date: August 5, 2016