Nevada physician non-compete law
Nevada enforces reasonable physician non-competes.
Nevada treats a reasonable physician non-compete as binding, so assume yours will apply and negotiate the scope down before you sign. Restrictions that tend to stand here run about 5–50 miles and 6–24 months; terms beyond that are the most vulnerable. Narrow the radius to the specific sites where you practiced, shorten the term, and ask for a defined buyout as a release valve.
- Posture
- Enforceable — general reasonableness, mandatory court reformation "when possible"
- Last reviewed
- 2026-06-10
- Radius that tends to stand
- 5–50 miles
- Term that tends to stand
- 6–24 months
Governing law: Nev. Rev. Stat. (NRS) 613.195
These are the general rules for Nevada. Your contract's exact radius, term, and buyout decide how it actually lands. See how your own clause compares — free.
Check your contract — free →A case that shaped this
Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc. v. Islam (2016, Nevada Supreme Court (132 Nev. Adv. Op. 49, 376 P.3d 151)) — Casino-host non-compete (150-mi/1-yr barring any gaming work) held wholly unenforceable; court refused to blue-pencil it — a pro-restrained-party, all-or-nothing rule the 2017 NRS 613.195 amendment later superseded by mandating reformation. Applied pre-2017 common law.
The detailed picture
No physician-specific statute: physician non-competes are enforceable under NRS 613.195's general reasonableness test (valuable consideration, no greater restraint than necessary, no undue hardship; void as to hourly-wage employees and as to former customers who voluntarily seek out the departed employee). Subsection (6) directs courts to REVISE/blue-pencil an unreasonable covenant and enforce it as revised — but the Nevada Supreme Court in Tough Turtle Turf v. Scott (2023) clarified this duty applies only "when possible" and only to revise (not rewrite/redraft); a covenant unsupported by consideration, or one that would require a court to rewrite rather than revise, remains wholly void. This statutorily overrode Golden Road v. Islam's pre-2017 all-or-nothing rule. The reformation mandate was added by 2017 AB 276; further employer-side bans (hourly-wage void, etc.) were added by 2021 AB 47. Bills to ban patient-facing healthcare-provider non-competes failed: AB 11 (2023) and SB 378 (vetoed by Gov. Lombardo June 11, 2025) — a watch item for future sessions, but no physician-specific restriction is in force.
Common questions
Are physician non-competes enforceable in Nevada?
Nevada enforces reasonable physician non-competes. Governing law: Nev. Rev. Stat. (NRS) 613.195.
How far and how long can a Nevada physician non-compete reach?
Restrictions that tend to stand here run about 5–50 miles and 6–24 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.