HLS 20RS-991 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 806
BY REPRESENTATIVE ECHOLS
PHYSICIANS: Prohibits the restraint of the practice of medicine in contracts or agreements
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 23:922, relative to employment contracts; to provide for employment or
3 independent contractor agreements; to prohibit the enforceability of certain contracts
4 or agreements in the practice of medicine; to provide for definitions; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 23:922 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง922. Restraint on the practice of medicine prohibited
9 A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no contract,
10 agreement, or provision thereof that restricts a physician from the practice of
11 medicine following the termination of any employment or independent contractor
12 agreement shall be enforceable.
13 B. For purposes of this Section, "physician" has the same meaning as
14 provided for in R.S. 37:1262.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 806 Original 2020 Regular Session Echols
Abstract: Provides relative to the prohibition against the practice of medicine following the
termination of any employment or independent contractor agreement.
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HB NO. 806
Proposed law provides that notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
contract, agreement, or provision that restricts a physician from the practice of medicine
following the termination of any employment or independent contractor agreement shall be
enforceable.
Proposed law provides that "physician" means a natural person who is the holder of an
allopathic (M.D.) degree or an osteopathic (D.O.) degree from a medical college in good
standing with the board who holds a license, permit, certification, or registration issued by
the board to engage in the practice of medicine in the state of Louisiana.
(Adds R.S. 23:922)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.