Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.

Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty. Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with or upon whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. The bill defines "health care professional" as any person licensed, registered, or certified by the Board of Medicine, Nursing, Counseling, Optometry, Psychology, or Social Work. The bill provides that any employer that violates the prohibition against covenants not t…

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 22, 2026

• W-2 worker (non-union)directMajor impactHigh certainty

  Prohibits employers from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce covenants not to compete with health care professionals.

  “Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with or upon whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete.”· Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty.