HealthExec May 16, 2024
Maryland isn’t waiting for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ban on noncompete clauses to go into effect in September—the state is acting against the contracts by enacting its own law, specifically protecting healthcare workers, including veterinarians.
HB 1388 will expand Maryland’s existing ban on noncompetes (currently limited to workers making low wages), expanding the rule to cover all healthcare professionals in the state to encourage “job mobility, higher wages” and the creation of new care organizations and practices within the state. The bill was signed by Governor Wes Moore in April.
The new law would also ban “conflict of interest” clauses—effectively anything that restricts “the ability of a healthcare professional to “enter into employment with a new employer...
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