SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2821 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DOLL.

6313H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk

AN ACT To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to noncompete clauses in physician employment contracts.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 191.265, to read as follows: 191.265. Any noncompete clause of an employment contract between an 2 employer and a physician licensed under chapter 334 that restricts the right of the 3 physician to practice medicine in any geographic area for any period of time after the 4 termination of such employment relationship shall be void and unenforceable, provided 5 that nothing in this section shall render void or unenforceable the remaining provisions 6 of any such employment contract. ✔

EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

Statutes affected:
Introduced (6313H.01): 191.265