House
File
2233
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2233
BY
WESTRICH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
agreements
limiting
the
locations
of
1
practice
of
persons
licensed
to
practice
medicine
and
2
surgery,
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
or
pharmacy.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
TLSB
5036YH
(2)
89
ss/rh
H.F.
2233
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
148.15
Limitations
on
competition
1
——
prohibited.
2
An
agreement
between
a
licensee
under
this
chapter
and
a
3
prior
employer
of
the
licensee
that
limits
the
locations
at
4
which
the
licensee
may
practice
or
which
prohibits
the
licensee
5
from
contacting
for
professional
services
a
person
previously
6
treated
by
the
licensee
shall
be
unenforceable
in
this
state.
7
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
155A.49
Limitations
on
competition
——
8
prohibited.
9
An
agreement
between
a
licensee
under
this
chapter
and
a
10
prior
employer
of
the
licensee
that
limits
the
locations
at
11
which
the
licensee
may
practice
or
which
prohibits
the
licensee
12
from
contacting
for
professional
services
a
person
previously
13
treated
by
the
licensee
shall
be
unenforceable
in
this
state.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
makes
a
contract
between
a
person
licensed
to
18
practice
medicine
and
surgery,
osteopathic
medicine
and
19
surgery,
or
pharmacy
and
a
prior
employer
of
the
licensee
that
20
limits
the
locations
at
which
the
licensee
may
practice
or
21
which
prohibits
the
licensee
from
contacting
for
professional
22
services
a
person
previously
treated
by
the
licensee
23
unenforceable
in
this
state.
24
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LSB
5036YH
(2)
89
ss/rh
1/
1