New Jersey A1647 restricts use of restrictive employment covenants for physicians and nurses.

New Jersey A1647 restricts use of restrictive employment covenants for physicians and nurses. Any contract or agreement that restricts a physician's right to practice medicine in a geographic area after termination of the partnership, employment, or professional relationship is void and unenforceable. Exceptions include covenants for physicians leaving a hospital system or group practice with 30 or more physicians, those leaving a federally qualified health center with a four-year restriction within a five-mile radius, and those leaving a hospital system or group practice with a unique.

New Jersey A1647 restricts use of restrictive employment covenants for physicians and nurses.

New Jersey A1647 restricts use of restrictive employment covenants for physicians and nurses. Any contract or agreement that restricts a physician's right to practice medicine in a geographic area after termination of the partnership, employment, or professional relationship is void and unenforceable. Exceptions include covenants for physicians leaving a hospital system or group practice with 30 or more physicians, those leaving a federally qualified health center with a four-year restriction within a five-mile radius, and those leaving a hospital system or group practice with a unique.