16.7 Non-compete Clauses – Clinical Internship 5

Externs participating in the T10 Preceptorship program may be asked by their preceptor to sign a non-compete clause. The following information is specific to this situation:

It is acceptable for doctors supervising 10th trimester externs to ask them to sign a non-compete statement. A non-compete statement ought to be reasonable with respect to distance and duration and take into consideration the chiropractic and community demographics of the local area.
Externs have the option of negotiating the terms of the non-compete statement.
Externs have the option of not signing the non-compete statement.
The faculty clinician has the option to not accept an extern who will not sign a non-compete statement.

Clinical Education has the following expectations about non-compete statements:

Clinicians who want externs to sign a non-compete statement will present the statement to the extern prior to negotiating the T10 Learning Agreement & Contract, and therefore, also before the extern starts the T10 externship;
Neither the faculty clinician, nor the extern, will require renegotiation of the non-compete statement after the T10 contract is signed or after the externship commences;
If either party requests a renegotiation of the non-compete statement after the T10 contract has been signed, neither party will make continuing the externship placement contingent on renegotiating the non-compete statement.