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Keith Clouse, a Dallas-based employment law attorney, regularly advises physicians and medical groups regarding physician employment contracts. Many physician employment contracts include a “representations and warranties” section in which the physician makes certain representations and warranties. This section covers matters that are considered fundamental to the employer’s decision to hire the physician.
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Possible representations might include a representation that:
•?the physician is duly licensed as a physician by the applicable state licensing authority;
•?the physician’s license to practice medicine has never been suspended or revoked by any state licensing authority;
•?the physician’s privileges at a hospital have not been involuntarily suspended or revoked; and
•?the physician’s execution and performance of the employment agreement does not violate or breach any other agreement to which the physician is bound (This would include a covenant not to compete contained in an employment agreement between the physician and a previous employer.).
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Because these matters are fundamental to the employer’s decision to hire the physician, most employers will also contract for the right to terminate the physician’s employment if the physician made a representation that was untrue when the doctor signed the agreement.
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To speak to Mr. Clouse or to a Dallas employment lawyer at his firm, Clouse Dunn LLP, send an email to debra@clousedunn.com or call (214) 239-2705.
Press Release Contact Information:
KEITH A. CLOUSE
Clouse Dunn LLP
214.220.2722
214.220.3833 ( fax)
keith@clousedunn.com
