Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.

Changed the definition of 'health care professional' from a specific list of job titles to any person licensed by the Board of Medicine, Nursing, Counseling, Optometry, Psychology, or Social Work.

Added a new exception allowing non-compete agreements when a health care professional sells their business or a division of their business.

Added a new exception permitting non-solicitation agreements for health care professionals regarding their specific customers and similar services.

Added a new provision allowing employers to require health care professionals to repay recruitment costs, such as relocation expenses or signing bonuses, if they leave within five years.

Added a savings clause stating that contracts entered into or renewed before July 1, 2026, remain valid and unaffected by the new law.

The definition of 'health care professional' was updated to include 'Counseling' and 'Optometry' boards and removed the specific list of individual job titles (e.g., physician, nurse) and the '$500,000 salary' exception found in the draft version.

The exemption for nondisclosure agreements was moved from a general clause to a new, specific subsection (G) to clearly distinguish it from the primary prohibition on non-compete covenants.

The text was renumbered and restructured to align with standard legislative formatting, including the addition of a new subsection G and the removal of draft-specific markers.