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After heated debate, board approves most out‑of‑state NP programs for clinical placements, removes one large request for verification
Summary
Following extended discussion and dozens of public comments from California and out‑of‑state educators, the BRN approved multiple non‑California nurse practitioner programs to place students in California clinical settings; the board removed ASC/Post University from the motion pending verification of its current in‑state enrollment figures.
The Board of Registered Nursing approved a slate of non‑California nurse practitioner (NP) education programs to place students in clinical practice settings in California after extended discussion of clinical capacity, program oversight and data gaps.
Maryann McCarthy, supervising nursing education consultant, presented five years of program data and regulatory context for item 8.3, noting that since the board began approving out‑of‑state NP clinical placements in August 2020 the number of approved out‑of‑state programs has grown rapidly. "After todayif the approval is placed, we will have 50 out‑of‑state nurse practitioner programs to our 35 in‑state nurse practitioner programs," McCarthy said, summarizing staff calculations and specialty‑by‑specialty student counts that drove board…
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