Connecticut physician non-compete law
Connecticut sharply limits physician non-competes.
Connecticut treats physician non-competes with heavy skepticism and narrows or sets aside restrictions that reach too far. Restrictions that tend to stand here run about 0–15 miles and 0–12 months; terms beyond that are the most vulnerable. Before you sign, pull the radius and term to the low end of what the state lets stand, and make sure the clause covers only the sites where you actually worked.
- Posture
- Enforceable, statutory 1-yr / 15-mi caps
- Last reviewed
- 2026-06-10
- Radius that tends to stand
- 0–15 miles
- Term that tends to stand
- 0–12 months
Governing law: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-14p (physicians); § 20-14r (APRNs/PAs)
These are the general rules for Connecticut. Your contract's exact radius, term, and buyout decide how it actually lands. See how your own clause compares — free.
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Physician non-competes are enforceable only if reasonable and consistent with public policy, and a covenant entered, amended, extended or renewed on/after July 1, 2016 may not exceed 1 year or a 15-mile radius from the site where the physician practices (§ 20-14p). Public Act 23-97 (eff. 2023) added that a covenant is unenforceable where, absent a partnership/ownership agreement, the contract expires and the employer fails to make a bona-fide offer to renew on the same or similar terms, or where the employer terminates the relationship without cause; it also makes the covenant unenforceable when the employer proposes a material compensation change at renewal that the physician declines — with a carve-out for physician-majority group practices of 35 or fewer physicians — and extended comparable 1-yr/15-mi caps to APRNs and PAs (§ 20-14r, no small-group exception). A 2025 bill (HB 7196 — a general wage-threshold noncompete bill, not physician-specific) and an earlier physician/APRN/PA measure both died in committee, so the statutory-cap regime remains current as of 2026; no total ban or mandatory-buyout requirement has been enacted (2026 session adjourned sine die May 6, 2026 without changes).
Common questions
Are physician non-competes enforceable in Connecticut?
Connecticut sharply limits physician non-competes. Governing law: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-14p (physicians); § 20-14r (APRNs/PAs).
How far and how long can a Connecticut physician non-compete reach?
Restrictions that tend to stand here run about 0–15 miles and 0–12 months; terms beyond that are the most vulnerable. The radius and term in your specific contract decide how it lands — check your own clause.
Other states
General legal information, not legal advice. Non-compete enforceability turns on the exact wording of your contract and your circumstances; this page describes the state's general posture as last reviewed 2026-06-10.