
A 1819 – New Jersey
Status: In ProcessYear Introduced: 2025
Link: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/A1819
This bill restricts the use of restrictive employment covenants for licensed physicians and nurses. Except in certain cases, the bill voids and makes unenforceable any contract or agreement that restricts a physician’s right to practice medicine in a geographic area after the termination of their partnership, employment, or professional relationship. However, the bill allows for some exceptions, such as restrictive covenants that prohibit a physician from leaving a large hospital system or group practice to join another, or from leaving a federally qualified health center to practice within a five-mile radius for up to four years. The bill also allows for exceptions where the physician was provided a unique incentive, like a significant signing bonus, to join the hospital system or practice.
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