New York: why Troy University lists online nursing clinicals as not available
Clinical experiences in New York are listed as not available in Troy University's 2020 online nursing disclosure. Its note points to New York's education department (NYSED), which bars a nursing program from another state, or one taught online, from placing anyone in a New York clinical rotation until NYSED has put that program on its registered or approved list. That row carries a 12/15/2020 date and no later revision, so New Yorkers should get Troy's word before enrolling.
Get your placement plan
Tell us your Troy program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with the preceptor and site options that fit your Troy course.
New York in Troy's documents
Troy counts New York among its SARA states, a matter of distance education, while its clinical table says No. Unusually, New York's own regulators speak to exactly that gap, as the next section shows. Whether anything has shifted since 2020 is a question for Troy's Coordinator of State Authorizations; the state authorization page explains the SARA side, and clinicals by state shows the other No states.
| Troy publication | New York |
|---|---|
| Online Nursing Programs disclosure | No; NYSED must register or approve out-of-state and online programs before they place students (12/15/2020) |
| State authorization page | SARA authorized |
| MSN program page | The online MSN may not be available in every state |
NYSED's position, in plain terms
In New York, nursing answers to the state's education department. Licensure runs through NYSED's Office of the Professions, working with the State Board for Nursing, and NYSED's nursing FAQ is where the rule lives: any nursing program based beyond the state line, and any online one, has to be on NYSED's registered or approved roster before a single New York rotation, with facilities of the federal military and the VA as the one exception. Nurse practitioner students face a further layer, since the NP program must itself be NYSED-registered.
NYSED's NP guidance goes further, cautioning that such rotations through an unregistered program "could also be illegal."
The SARA question is answered by another NYSED unit, the Office of College and University Evaluation. It reasons that placing a student with a New York clinician, in any licensed profession, puts the school physically in the state, and physical presence needs the Office of the Professions' approval or exemption ahead of time. SARA membership does not change that. So SARA alone does not open New York clinicals.
A license of New York's own
The Nurse Licensure Compact does not include New York. NYSED directs nurses who hold other states' licenses to its own checklist for a New York license, and a multistate credential from elsewhere carries no practice right inside the state. New York is outside the APRN Compact as well. Troy's license rule adds its own requirement on top.
AANP places New York in its full-practice group, though newer NPs work under conditions: until 3,600 practice hours are behind them, a collaborating physician must be tied to their practice by written agreement and protocols, which is worth knowing about any newer NP you meet.
For New York residents and students moving there
If you live in New York, ask Troy before you apply. Troy's graduate catalog places FNP clinicals where the student lives, and New York's rule turns on a registration only Troy could hold. The same No covers the RN to BSN and the DNP.
If a move to New York is coming mid-program, tell your faculty advisor at once; Troy has no published relocation policy. Pennsylvania and Connecticut read Yes in Troy's 2020 table, while New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts read Not yet determined, and crossing any of those lines means that state's license and a separate yes from Troy.
Some 13 million New York residents fall inside the New York City metro, and Buffalo, Rochester and Albany-Schenectady-Troy (a New York city with no tie to the university) come next. Upstate, the University of Rochester Medical Center is a major name; downstate, Northwell Health, Mount Sinai, NewYork-Presbyterian and the public NYC Health + Hospitals are the giants. They all work under the same state rule; none is a route around it.
Where we fit for New York students
We help New York residents get a clear answer from Troy before they invest in an application. For students relocating, or anyone Troy confirms can train in a neighboring state, we run the preceptor search where the clinicals will actually happen, matched to Troy's course rules and delivered with complete forms for your faculty advisor. Start with the form below.
Questions Troy students ask
Is New York an option for Troy's online FNP clinicals?
Troy's 2020 table lists New York as not available because NYSED must list an outside or online program as registered or approved before any of its students rotate in New York, and it registers NP programs specifically. Ask Troy whether its position has changed before you apply or recruit anyone in New York.
Doesn't Troy's SARA membership cover New York?
Not for clinicals, in NYSED's view. Its college evaluation office says placing students with New York clinicians amounts to physical presence, which needs the professions office's advance approval or exemption regardless of SARA. Troy's SARA listing speaks to distance education, not to those placements.
What about VA hospitals in New York?
NYSED's registration rule leaves out federal military and Veterans Administration facilities. That carve-out is NYSED's and says nothing about whether Troy would approve such a site, so talk to Troy and your faculty advisor before contacting any federal facility.
Would I need a New York RN license?
For any clinical work in New York, yes. The state has no compact membership, so a license that is multistate elsewhere gives no practice right there. On Troy's side, the license must also be good in the clinical state from the first week of the term through the last.
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.
Troy asks you to recruit your preceptor. We make that the easy part.
Tell us your Troy program, where you live and which semester your next clinical course starts. We find preceptors who meet Troy's rules for the course, check the setting against Troy's limits, and prepare everything the Preceptor Information Form and biosketch ask for, well ahead of the form deadline.
- Preceptors matched to the course: a graduate-prepared NP or physician for
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
Start your placement plan
Program, city and semester is all we need to begin.