SB 360 – Virginia

Status: In Process
Year Introduced: 2024
Link: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=241&typ=bil&val=sb360&submit=GO

Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty. Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. The bill defines “health care professional” as any physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, pharmacist, social worker, dietitian, physical and occupational therapist, professional counselor, behavior analyst, assistant behavior analyst, or medical technologist authorized to provide health care services in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any employer that violates the prohibition against covenants not to compete with a health care professional is subject to the civil penalty in current law of $10,000 for each violation.


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