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Faculty Blogs: Covenant Not To Compete Clauses in Physician Contracts

Originally, because of the corporate practice of medicine doctrine, these covenants were not enforceable.  Now they are enforced if reasonable in time and scope (i.e., 1 year within a 50 mile radius of the previous practice location).  Courts may make an exception and not enforce the covenant if the physician's specialty is not otherwise available in the area and patients would be left without any access to this needed service.

Full post as published by University of Louisville Law Faculty on April 18, 2009 (boomark / email).