Utah: EKU enrolls you, and Utah sets terms for EKU
EKU enrolls Utah residents in all of its online nursing programs, with Meets Requirements in both the MSN table (FNP, PMHNP and the two post-MSN certificates) and the RN to BSN table, and no DNP restriction. Utah, in turn, sets terms for EKU: before you can train in a Utah clinic, EKU has to satisfy Utah's licensing division and its nursing board on approval, accreditation, faculty and preceptor planning, and it reports to the Board every year after.
Plan your Utah placement
Tell us your Utah city, your EKU program and when your clinical course begins.
EKU's status for Utah residents
Utah sits on EKU's list of SARA states without restrictions and carries no Utah-specific note, so nothing on EKU's side narrows your program choice. For how EKU's tables work, see our state authorization guide.
| Program | EKU status for Utah | Licensure table |
|---|---|---|
| MSN: Family Nurse Practitioner | Enrolls | Meets Requirements |
| MSN: Psychiatric Mental Health NP | Enrolls | Meets Requirements |
| Post-MSN FNP and PMHNP certificates | Enrolls | Meets Requirements |
| Post-master's DNP | Enrolls | No table published |
| RN to BSN | Enrolls | Meets Requirements |
Utah's rule for out-of-state programs, in plain words
Utah's rule on programs from other states, R156-31b-609, applies whenever such a school sends nursing students into Utah facilities for clinical or practicum time, at every level from pre-licensure to graduate. The first placement comes only after the Division and Board accept the school's case on three points:
- Approval and accreditation: approval from the nursing board of its home state, which for EKU's NP tracks means the Kentucky Board of Nursing under its APRN program regulation, and accreditation by a nursing accreditor that the U.S. Department of Education recognizes.
- Faculty: the school employs them directly; they meet its accreditor's standards and Kentucky's, are attached to an institution of higher learning, and, if they supervise students in person, carry a Utah or compact-state license in good standing.
- A plan for picking and supervising faculty or preceptors, and for choosing clinical sites.
The same license test reaches every preceptor: each must be in good standing with Utah or with a state in the Nurse Licensure Compact. And every year, by August 1, EKU owes the Board a report stating how many students it placed at Utah facilities, an attestation on in-person faculty and preceptor licenses, and proof that its accreditation is current.
What Utah's rule means for your placement
None of these filings is yours, but they shape the preceptor you put forward. Your preceptor's license is the first thing to check against Utah's standard, and EKU needs enough detail on the person and the practice to fit Utah's supervision plan as well as its own approval. EKU's CCNE accreditation for the MSN, DNP and post-graduate APRN certificates runs through December 31, 2028, the kind of fact Utah's yearly report confirms (accreditation).
Because the rule makes no distinction by level, an RN to BSN clinical or a DNP practicum in a Utah organization comes under the same terms as an NP rotation.
Salt Lake City, Provo, Ogden and St. George
The Salt Lake City-Murray metro is Utah's largest, followed by Provo-Orem-Lehi and Ogden, with St. George the main metro in the southwest. The biggest systems are Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health, with MountainStar Healthcare, an HCA Healthcare network, alongside them. EKU publishes no Utah clinical agreements, so read these as signposts to where Utah's clinicians work rather than as EKU sites.
RN licensing is simple here: Utah joined the Nurse Licensure Compact, effective January 2018, and honors multistate licenses issued by the other member states. EKU separately expects every RN license you hold to be unencumbered (RN license and Nursys). AANP rates Utah full practice.
Why Utah EKU students choose us
Utah placements reward precision. Your placement advisor finds a preceptor in your EKU focus near your Utah home, checks that the preceptor's license is current and clean in Utah or a compact state, and prepares the details EKU uses to approve the site and meet Utah's rule. Under Kentucky's regulation, EKU carries the duty to secure your preceptor and you have a say in the choice (using your input); we turn that say into a complete, well-documented option. Request help through the form below.
Questions EKU students ask
Do I have to register with Utah's Board myself?
No. R156-31b-609 puts its obligations on the program: the showing before the first placement, the supervision plan and the August 1 report. Your part is an RN license valid in Utah, which a Utah license or a multistate one from a member state covers, plus complete, accurate details about your preceptor and site for EKU.
Will the APRN Compact let me practice beyond Utah after graduating?
Not yet. Utah's APRN Compact law dates from March 24, 2022, and its partners so far are Wyoming, Delaware, and North and South Dakota. The compact cannot start until seven states join, and in May 2026 NCSBN announced that staff had been charged with redesigning it. Until then, expect a separate APRN license for each state where you practice.
Does Utah's rule apply to EKU's DNP?
The rule covers any clinical or practicum experience an out-of-state program places in a Utah agency or institution, with no distinction by level, so a DNP practicum at a Utah organization appears to fall under it. EKU notes that DNP projects may take place in your own workplace or community; confirm with EKU how it handles a Utah site. See the DNP guide.
Which Utah sites has EKU used before?
EKU publishes no list of clinical agencies or agreements for any state, Utah included. Ask your faculty whether EKU already has an agreement with a practice you are considering, since an existing agreement can shorten the paperwork. Otherwise, your placement advisor prepares a new site's details so EKU can start its review.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-25
We check these pages against EKU's own catalog, program pages and handbooks, and Kentucky's regulations. The current MSN Student Handbook, your course and your faculty have the final word.
EKU secures your preceptor. Your input decides how well it fits your life.
Tell us your EKU program, where you live and when your next clinical course starts. We find preceptors in your community who fit the course and prepare everything EKU reviews, so the option you put forward is ready to approve.
- Preceptors matched to the course: family primary care for
NSC 800andNSC 876, psychiatric care forNSC 886 - Preceptor, license and site details organized for EKU's preceptor information form
- In your own community, wherever EKU enrolls students and you hold your RN license
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