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Assembly Bill A10981

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits non-compete agreements for certain medical professionals

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2025-A10981 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§191-d & 45, Lab L

2025-A10981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits non-compete agreements for certain medical professionals; authorizes covered individuals to bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any employer or persons alleged to have violated such prohibition.

2025-A10981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10981
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  prohibiting  non-compete
   agreements for certain medical professionals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  191-d  to
 read as follows:
   §  191-D. NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS; MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. 1. AS USED IN
 THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "COVERED HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONAL" MEANS A  PHYSICIAN  LICENSED
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, A
 PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT  LICENSED   PURSUANT   TO   ARTICLE   ONE   HUNDRED
 THIRTY-ONE-B  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW, A CHIROPRACTOR LICENSED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW, A DENTIST  LICENSED
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, A
 PERFUSIONIST LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW, A VETERINARIAN LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, A PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW, A PHARMACIST
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW, A NURSE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THE
 EDUCATION  LAW,  A  PODIATRIST  LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
 FORTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  AN  OPTOMETRIST  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  FORTY-THREE  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, A PSYCHOLOGIST
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE  OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW,  AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
 FIFTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  A  SPEECH  PATHOLOGIST  OR  AUDIOLOGIST
 LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION
 LAW, OR A MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER LICENSED PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE
 HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   (B)(I)   "NON-COMPETE   AGREEMENT"  MEANS  ANY  AGREEMENT,  OR  CLAUSE
 CONTAINED IN ANY AGREEMENT, BETWEEN AN EMPLOYER  AND  A  COVERED  HEALTH
 RELATED PROFESSIONAL THAT:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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