2024 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24A - Health Care Code
Article 4 - Health Care Practitioner Agreements
Section 24A-4-3 - Enforceability of other provisions.

Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the enforceability of:

A. a provision in an agreement requiring a health care practitioner who has worked for an employer for an initial period of less than three years to repay all or a portion of:

(1) a loan;

(2) relocation expenses;

(3) a signing bonus or other remuneration to induce the health care practitioner to relocate or establish a health care practice in a specified geographic area; or

(4) recruiting, education and training expenses;

B. a nondisclosure provision relating to confidential information and trade secrets;

C. a nonsolicitation provision with respect to patients and employees of the party seeking to enforce the agreement for a period of one year or less after the last date of employment; or

D. any other provision of an agreement that is not in violation of law, including a provision for liquidated damages.

History: Laws 2015, ch. 96, § 3; § 24-1I-3, recompiled as § 24A-4-3 by Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 132.

Recompilations. — Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 132 recompiled former 24-1I-3 NMSA 1978 as 24A-4-3 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2024.