Contracts restricting practice after termination?!
Has anyone ever worked for a company that prohibited practicing at/owning an outpatient practice treating low acuity clients for two years after terminating with them? And what happened if you quit and started a private practice?
Would you even consider signing a contract like that?!
Posted May 3, 2023, 9:04 PM UTC
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I had to sign one to do my practicum (1 year ago), but luckily it was outside the county I was living in at the time and is 180 miles from where I live now. I knew I was moving, so I had no problem signing it. If I had been staying in the area, though, I likely would have looked elsewhere and told many of my classmates not to work there because their goal was private practice after full licensure. Many of these places are chopping off their own legs by requiring that. I couldn't figure out why there were nearly no mental health clinics/private practice in that area, and it was because they manufactured scarcity of providers so they would have no competition (which is funny cause the place sucked).
As for the legal, I imagine they could sue you for breach of contract, but I don't know how well it would hold up.