Revision: Dec. 20, 2017, 1:13 p.m.
SB 473 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2754
10/04
SENATE BILL 473
AN ACT relative to employment contract restrictions upon health care providers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Rep. Souza, Hills. 43
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits contract provisions of health care professionals that limit the ability of such professional to practice their profession in any geographic area after leaving a partnership, employment, or professional relationship.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2754
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to employment contract restrictions upon health care providers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Protective Legislation; Health Care Professionals. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 70 the following new section:
275:70-a Contract Restrictions Upon Health Care Professionals Unenforceable. Any contract or agreement which creates or established the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional relationship with a licensee regulated by a board, commission, or council under the division of health professions, office of professional and certification, in RSA 310-A:1-a, II, which includes any restriction to the right of such licensee to also practice their profession 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.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.