| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.913 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHARDWICK. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2046H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter191,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtocovenantsnotto |
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| 8 | 8 | | competeinvolvingphysicians. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter191,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection191.260,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 191.260.1.Theprovisionsofthissectionshallbeknownandmaybecitedasthe |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2"MissouriRuralDoctorsAct". |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 2.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 (1)"Covenantnottocompete",anagreementorpartofacontractof |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5employmentinwhichtheemployeeagreesto: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (a)Refrainfromcompetitionwithanemployerforaspecificperiodoftimeupon |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7terminationorconclusionoftheemployment; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 (b)Refrainfromcompetitionwithanemployerwithinaparticulargeographic |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9areauponterminationorconclusionoftheemployment;or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (c)Refrainfromcompetitionwithanemployerforaspecificperiodoftimeand |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11withinaparticulargeographicareauponterminationorconclusionoftheemployment; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 (2)"Nonprofitemployer",anentitythatemploysoneormorephysiciansand |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13thatisownedoroperatedbyanonprofitcorporationthatisexemptfromfederalincome |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14taxunderSection501(c)(3)oftheInternalRevenueCodeof1986,asamended; |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 (3)"Physician",aphysicianlicensedunderchapter334; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (4)"Researchuniversityhospital",ahospital,asdefinedinsection197.020, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17ownedoroperatedbyaresearchuniversity. |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 3.Acovenantnottocompetebetweenaphysicianandanonprofitemployer |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19shallbevalidandenforceableonlyif: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 (1)Thephysicianisprovidinghealthcareservicesinaclinicalsetting; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 (2)Thecovenantnottocompetedoesnotrestrictthephysician'scompetitive |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22activitiesforaperiodofmorethanthreehundredsixty-fivedays;and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 (3)Thecovenantnottocompetedoesnotrestrictthephysician'scompetitive |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24activitiesinageographicareaofmorethanfiftymilesfromtheaddressoftheofficeor |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25facilityinwhichthephysicianprovideshealthcareservicesinaclinicalsetting. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26 4.Theprovisionsofthissectionshallnotapplytoanycovenantnottocompete |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27betweenaphysicianandaresearchuniversityhospital. |
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| 40 | 40 | | âś” |
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| 41 | 41 | | HB913 2 |
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