Minnesota clinicals and Troy University: a faculty license, your license and a careful search
Troy University's online nursing disclosure gives Minnesota a Not yet determined status, last updated 12/15/2020, and adds that the clinical faculty of record for Minnesota students must hold a Minnesota license. That note points at Troy's side of the arrangement; your side is a Minnesota RN license, since Minnesota sits outside the nurse compact.
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The only Not yet determined row with a note
Twenty states and the District of Columbia share the Not yet determined label on Troy's 2020 table, and Minnesota is the one among them that carries an explanation. The row speaks for all three of Troy's online nursing programs at once and makes no claim about Minnesota licensure.
| Troy source | Minnesota |
|---|---|
| Online Nursing Programs disclosure | Not yet determined; last updated 12/15/2020 |
| Note on that row | The clinical faculty of record for Minnesota students must be licensed in Minnesota |
| State authorization page | SARA authorized |
| Graduate manuals | Your unencumbered RN license in the clinical state, for the whole semester |
Whether Troy now has a Minnesota-licensed faculty member of record is exactly what to ask Troy's Coordinator of State Authorizations before any recruiting starts; loop in the Clinical Placements Specialist as well.
Where the faculty note comes from
Rule 6305.0300 is where the Minnesota Board of Nursing explains which students may practice without a Minnesota license. It is generous about where a program is approved, taking any U.S. or Canadian program its home jurisdiction approves, but strict about who teaches: the instructor overseeing the student must be licensed and currently registered as a Minnesota RN. Board approval itself is reserved for programs run inside Minnesota, and nothing separate is published for schools based elsewhere. The instructor condition is the part Troy flagged in 2020.
Your license: three sources, one practical answer
- The statute. Section 148.271 lets a nurse licensed in another state practice without a Minnesota license while studying in Minnesota in a structured program aimed at an advanced credential, but only inside that coursework.
- Troy's manuals. Nothing moves on an out-of-state preceptor request until Troy sees your unencumbered RN license for that state.
- Mayo Clinic's own terms. Its NP clinical education page wants four things: a faculty of record licensed for the state where you rotate, a signed affiliation between Mayo and your school, a background study run through Minnesota's DHS, and your own Minnesota license, active and registered.
Add the fact that Minnesota never joined the nurse compact, and NCSBN's map shows nothing pending, and the practical path is clear: hold a Minnesota RN license before sending Troy a Minnesota preceptor request. The full Troy rule sits on the RN license page.
Practice rules and the MERC program
Minnesota NPs reach AANP's full practice status after 2,080 hours of collaborative practice, working under an agreement with either a physician or another APRN. Troy's threshold for an FNP preceptor is graduate preparation plus a year or more as an NP, and physicians, midwives and PAs are eligible as well; see FNP preceptor requirements.
Then there is MERC (Medical Education and Research Costs), a Minnesota Department of Health fund that covers part of what Minnesota training sites spend on accredited clinical teaching, APRN students among them. Individual preceptors receive nothing from it. Eligibility hinges on location too: the school has to be a Minnesota school as well as the site, so a Troy rotation brings the host no MERC money.
Twin Cities, Rochester, Duluth and St. Cloud
The great majority of Minnesota's metro population lives in and around Minneapolis-St. Paul, with Duluth, Rochester and St. Cloud far behind. Mayo Clinic, Essentia Health, M Health Fairview, HealthPartners and Allina Health are the reference points, taken from their own pages. Only Mayo publishes terms for outside NP students, summarized above, and none of the five should be read as a Troy host. Independent clinics across the Twin Cities suburbs and Greater Minnesota belong on the map too.
Why Minnesota students choose us
Minnesota rewards careful groundwork, and that is what we bring. After Troy confirms its Minnesota position, we recruit preceptors who fit Troy's course rules, check each site's own student terms up front, and assemble the Preceptor Information Form material your faculty advisor needs. See how it works.
Questions Troy students ask
Can I do Troy University MSN or DNP clinicals in Minnesota?
Troy's disclosure, updated 12/15/2020, lists Minnesota as Not yet determined and attaches one condition: whoever serves as clinical faculty of record for a Minnesota student must be Minnesota-licensed. On paper, the door is neither open nor shut. Troy's Coordinator of State Authorizations would know whether that condition has been met since; agreements are the Clinical Placements Specialist's territory.
Do I need a Minnesota RN license if state law exempts students?
Plan on one. The statute's student exemption exists, but Troy acts on out-of-state preceptor requests only once it sees a license for the clinical state, and Mayo, for one, insists on Minnesota licensure. With no compact in Minnesota, a multistate license from home will not stand in for it.
Does MERC pay a Minnesota preceptor who teaches me?
It does not. MERC money goes to Minnesota training sites rather than to the clinicians who precept, and it is limited to teaching programs located in Minnesota. Troy's nursing programs are based in Alabama, so a Troy rotation adds nothing to a site's MERC claim.
Which neighboring states could a Minnesota resident look at?
Troy's 2020 table lists Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota as Yes. Wisconsin's approval process runs through the Clinical Placements Specialist, and South Dakota wants a Troy faculty member licensed there to oversee students. North Dakota reads Not yet determined. Each option still requires licensure in that state and faculty approval of every preceptor and site.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against Troy's own 2026-27 MSN, DNP, AMSN and RN to BSN orientation manuals, program pages, degree maps and state authorization pages. Your faculty advisor, your course faculty and the School of Nursing have the final word.
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NSG 6619, pediatrics and women's health forNSG 6666, adults and older adults forNSG 6668 - Preceptor Information Form details, a biosketch and a copy of the preceptor's license, ready for your faculty advisor
- In your own area, in Alabama or a state where Troy can offer clinicals, never in your own work setting
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