California committee defers approval of multiple out‑of‑state nurse practitioner clinical requests for further review

The Education and Licensing Committee of the California Board of Registered Nursing on Oct. 22 voted to defer consideration of multiple requests by out‑of‑state nurse practitioner programs to place California‑licensed registered nurses in clinical practicums in California.

The committee voted to refer the item to the next committee meeting scheduled for February 2026 and asked staff to present an informational briefing at the November full board meeting on the approval process and potential impacts on in‑state programs. "We will defer taking action on this approval of these out of state nurse practitioner programs," the committee recorded as the motion and subsequent second; the committee chair and both committee members voted yes.

Why it matters: Committee members said they are concerned that large numbers of California‑licensed RNs enrolled in out‑of‑state NP programs could create clinical placement impaction for California NP students and sought clearer, program‑level enrollment data and documentation of current…