SB 18-082

Senate Bill 18-082 is a Colorado law that allows doctors who treat patients with rare disorders to move to another practice without being penalized. This means if a doctor treating someone with a rare condition decides to leave their current group and join or start another practice, they won’t have to pay damages for taking those specific patients with them. The bill ensures that patients with rare conditions can continue seeing doctors who are experts in their particular disorder, even if the doctor changes practices. Since it has been signed into law, this protection is now active in Colorado.

Official Summary

An agreement among physicians may contain a covenant not to compete, under which a physician who leaves the group practice may be compelled to pay damages if he or she solicits patients who are former or prospective patients of the group practice. The bill makes an exception in the case of patients with a rare disorder, as determined in accordance with nationally recognized criteria, who would otherwise not have ready access to a physician with the necessary expertise to treat the disorder. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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