Industry carve-outs

Non-compete enforceability in Pennsylvania

No general ban. Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act caps physician/CRNP/PA non-competes at 1 year; void on without-cause termination.

What this means for you

Pennsylvania has no general statutory ban, but specific industries (most commonly healthcare) have their own carve-outs. Outside those, enforceability turns on the common-law reasonableness test.

Primary statute

Pa. Act 74 of 2024 (Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act)

Primary verified

https://law.justia.com/codes/pennsylvania/act-74/

Effective: 2025-01-01
Research verified: 2026-05-08

Doctrine

Blue-pencil. Courts strike specific over-broad terms (duration, geography, scope) while preserving the enforceable core.

Industry-specific rules

healthcare
Caps physician/CRNP/PA non-competes at 1 year; void if employer terminates without cause.
Pa. Act 74 of 2024Primary verified

Federal context

The FTC's 2024 federal non-compete ban was vacated nationwide in Ryan v. FTC and removed from the Code of Federal Regulations in February 2026. There is no federal ban in force — so Pennsylvania's state law controls. Read the federal status.

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