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Chapter 10
Startup Red Tape
We’ve never met a doctor who loved the red tape aspect of starting a new
practice. Perhaps you’re the first?
Legal Counsel
Your attorney will play a critical role in this phase of your business startup.
Here are some things to ask the attorney. (Sometimes it is less expensive
if you hire a nonlawyer or paralegal do these things and then have the law-
yer finalize them.)
Hiring I Will Need Help with These Issues
Employment contracts—staff (hourly)
Employment contracts—physicians
Employment contracts—managers and
supervisors on salary
Overtime and compensatory leave (wage and
hour)
Benefits
Nondisclosure/ noncompete, employee ...