tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 8

Physician Notes: Non-Compete Keeps Physician From Setting Up Office Across The Street

Court rules that doctor can't work within 25 miles of old stomping groundIf you're hiring a physician and you're concerned that he or she may run away with your favorite patients, you have a recourse. Medical offices can hold doctors to the terms of non-compete agreements the doctors sign, the Nashville, TN Court of Appeals ruled in Murfreesboro Medical Clinic v. David Udom (M2003-00313-COA-R9-CV). Udom signed up for two years at the clinic and agreed to a non-compete saying he wouldn't practice medicine within 25 miles of the clinic for 18 months after leaving. But Udom was...

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