Missouri and UofM's graduate nursing programs
Missouri comes with two open questions for a UofM applicant. The partnerships office leaves Missouri off its list of 16 authorized states while the licensure disclosures mark it yes, and a search of the Missouri State Board of Nursing's rules found nothing governing clinical placements by schools based in other states. Both answers should come from LCON, in writing, before you apply.
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The short answer for Missouri
Possibly, once LCON confirms it. UofM's online tracks keep clinical hours close to home, so living in Missouri means a Missouri practicum, and UofM's own sources disagree on whether Missouri qualifies. Settle that first, then the license and the site.
| UofM program | Missouri status | Why |
|---|---|---|
| FNP, AG-ACNP, PMHNP (MSN) | Unsettled | Yes in the disclosures, absent from the partnerships list |
| Graduate NP certificates | Unsettled | The certificate disclosure also reads yes |
| Education or Leadership (MSN, certificate) | Check with LCON | Outside the APRN disclosures; the list decides |
| RN to BSN (online) | Check with LCON | California is the only state UofM's page rules out |
| Traditional or Accelerated BSN | Campus in Tennessee | BSN clinicals are assigned in West Tennessee and north Mississippi |
Compare every UofM state source in the state authorization guide.
An open question at the Missouri Board
Some neighbors spell out what a program from another state must file. Missouri's rules, as searched, stay quiet. Chapter 20 CSR 2200-2, the Board's rulebook for nursing programs, is written around schools the Missouri Board has recognized. The licensing statute, RSMo 335.081(6)(a), excuses supervised student practice from Missouri licensure when the student attends an approved school of professional nursing. Whether a Tennessee-approved school counts under that word, the statute never says.
No Board ruling on the point is on record here, so treat the silence as unconfirmed rather than as permission. UofM also asks students outside Tennessee to confirm the program meets their own state's advanced licensure rules, which belongs in the same conversation with LCON.
Missouri's quiet on out-of-state programs is not a green light: get LCON's answer before you commit to a Missouri site.
Compact licensing and collaborative practice
Compact membership went into Missouri statute in 2017 (RSMo 335.360 onward), and the Board's RN licensure page points nurses to the compact's primary-state-of-residence rules. A Missouri resident's multistate license therefore reaches Tennessee as well as Missouri, which suits UofM's demand for RN licensure valid in Tennessee or the approved state hosting your clinicals. The RN license guide goes deeper.
Practice rules are tighter. AANP calls Missouri restricted: an NP's practice hinges on a physician collaboration lasting the whole career, and that arrangement carries caps on ratios plus chart-review and controlled-substance conditions. With no APRN Compact in Missouri law, your NP license after graduation stays state by state. Missouri's preceptor tax credit is written for doctors and PAs who train the state's own medical and PA students; NP preceptors are not part of it.
Missouri health systems as reference points
By in-state population, the St. Louis area leads Missouri, then Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia. Large systems include CoxHealth, SSM Health, BJC HealthCare, MU Health Care and Mercy. Every one handles visiting students its own way, and listing them here marks where NP practice concentrates, not where UofM students train. Your local-area practicum should sit near home, wherever in Missouri that is.
Getting to campus from Missouri
NP students come to campus up to three times, one to three days per visit, with at least six months' notice, and all NP tracks attend the January 2027 session. UofM's pages leave the location open; LCON's main building is in Memphis and its Lambuth campus sits in Jackson. The trip down from St. Louis or across from Kansas City takes real planning, so reserve those days with your preceptor at the outset. The intensives guide walks through what to expect.
How we help Missouri students
UofM's role in your placement may be large or small; either way, once LCON confirms Missouri for your track, we find you a Missouri preceptor and site shaped to its rules. We check the preceptor's license and NP role, assemble what UofM's preceptor agreement form needs, time your clinical days around campus trips and keep a fallback preceptor in view. Ask about Missouri.
Questions UofM students ask
Is Missouri one of UofM's authorized states?
UofM's sources disagree. The Office of Community Partnerships and Practice omits Missouri from its list of 16 authorized states, while the MSN and graduate certificate licensure disclosures mark Missouri yes for the NP tracks. Only LCON can reconcile the two for your track, so ask in writing before you apply.
Does the Missouri State Board of Nursing require approval for out-of-state programs?
No Board rule or guidance requiring approval or notice was found. The Board's program rules address programs it approves, and the student exemption in section 335.081 mentions approved schools but is silent on schools approved elsewhere. Because the answer is unconfirmed, LCON should tell you how it treats Missouri clinicals.
Is there a Missouri tax credit for NP preceptors?
Not for NPs. The credit in RSMo 135.690 rewards Missouri-licensed doctors and PAs for core preceptorships with Missouri medical or PA students. Its text leaves out nurse practitioners and nursing students entirely, so no nursing rotation qualifies, UofM's included.
What should I ask LCON about Missouri?
Three things: whether Missouri counts as an authorized state for your track, whether LCON files anything in Missouri before clinicals start there, and whether your Missouri multistate RN license satisfies UofM's license rule. Keep the replies with your application records so your first practicum starts on settled ground.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against UofM's 2026-27 catalog, the LCON Academic Bulletin, program pages and licensure disclosures. Your clinical faculty and your plan of study have the final word.
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