An Ohio nurse's guide to UofM's online MSN
Ohio's statute already leaves a door open for nurse practitioner students whose programs are based elsewhere, and the school files nothing with the Board beforehand. Ohio also honors compact licenses. What needs settling is UofM's own answer, since UofM's own sources give Ohio two different answers.
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Ohio's opening for visiting APRN students
Ohio lists its licensing exemptions in Revised Code 4723.32. Division (F) is the one that matters here: it exempts APRN students whose program readies them for an approved national certification exam, as long as the work falls inside that program. Ohio sets up no Board application or advance notice for a school from another state.
Read the supervision clause twice. Under division (F), the person overseeing the student must be an APRN, whether that APRN serves the program as preceptor, teaching assistant or faculty. UofM already builds an NP-led rotation into every NP track, which fits Ohio's wording neatly; for any rotation you might spend with a physician in Ohio, get LCON's reading of the statute first. This guide did not review Ohio's separate higher education authorization step.
UofM's view of an Ohio address
| Program | Ohio in UofM's sources | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| MSN: FNP, AG-ACNP, PMHNP | Disclosure: the curriculum satisfies Ohio | Ohio is off the 16-state list, so ask LCON |
| Graduate certificate in an NP specialty | The certificate disclosure also says yes | The same question |
| MSN or certificate in Education or Leadership | The licensure disclosures stop at the NP tracks | Authorization, with LCON |
| Online RN to BSN | California residents are the one exclusion | UofM Global confirms |
Separately, UofM tells graduate students who live beyond Tennessee that confirming their own state's advanced licensure requirements is their responsibility. State authorization sets UofM's sources side by side.
Compact license, standard care arrangement
Ohio started honoring compact licenses in January 2023. As its Board explains it, a nurse whose primary residence is Ohio holds a single multistate license and works on it across every member state. Tennessee is one of them, so an Ohio multistate license covers what UofM's MSN admission standard asks for: RN standing valid in Tennessee and in the state where the practicum takes place (license rules).
AANP files Ohio under reduced practice. An Ohio NP practices under a signed standard care arrangement with a collaborating physician or podiatrist for as long as they practice; Schedule II prescribing also has limits depending on the setting. You will see that arrangement shaping your preceptor's day.
Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Dayton
Columbus and Cleveland each count more than two million people, the Ohio portion of Cincinnati's three-state metro holds about 1.8 million, and Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek rounds out the big four. Cleveland Clinic, Cincinnati's Bon Secours Mercy Health, the Columbus-based OhioHealth, University Hospitals and the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State are examples of the settings; none is presented as a site that takes UofM students.
Cincinnati's metro crosses into Kentucky, which sits on UofM's 16-state list (Kentucky guide). A site across the river brings Kentucky's rules rather than Ohio's, and UofM's preceptor agreement form needs approval whichever side of the river the site sits on.
Why Ohio students choose Memphis Preceptor
We build every Ohio search around UofM's clinical rules and Ohio's APRN supervision wording at once. Whether UofM lends a hand with your placement or leaves it open, our desk lines up an Ohio preceptor and site that suit your course, drafts the preceptor details the agreement form calls for, and keeps a replacement in view if a preceptor leaves (backup preceptors). Your city and UofM track go in the request form below.
Questions UofM students ask
Will Ohio's Board want paperwork from UofM before I start?
Ohio's code has no step like that for schools from other states. Its exemption for APRN students rests on program oversight and an APRN supervisor instead. UofM's own approvals still apply: LCON's partnerships office has to sign off on your preceptor agreement form ahead of day one.
Can a physician precept me in Ohio?
Ohio's exemption is written around an APRN as the supervisor, in whatever program role that APRN holds. UofM's minimum is one NP-precepted rotation per NP track. Before arranging a physician-precepted rotation in Ohio, ask LCON how it applies the statute.
Is an Ohio multistate RN license enough for UofM?
It covers Ohio and Tennessee alike, which satisfies UofM's RN rule. Protect it for the whole program, since any encumbrance would end your UofM enrollment.
Is Ohio on UofM's list of authorized states?
Ohio is absent from the 16 states the partnerships office names. The licensure disclosures for the MSN and NP certificates still mark it yes for all three NP specialties. With the sources split, get LCON's written answer about Ohio before you apply.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
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