Reciprocity/Licensure question

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Hello,

I'm currently looking at an NP Program in my state, a respected brick and mortar state college that's been around for hundreds of years (the college itself, not the NP Program..).

I submitted for more information through their generic link, and their first response email states their NP Program only meets licensure/certification requirements for about 20 states. 

I'm looking for more information regarding what this looks like downstream.  I have no immediate intention of moving out of state, but does this permanently preclude me from future licensure in the remaining states?  If I obtain licensure in this state, can I get reciprocity down the line in the other states?  

Thanks!

[Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP]

That seems odd. Majority of states (except perhaps less than a handful) require national certification to practice so being nationally-certified makes it easy to endorse to another state. In a lot of cases, the headache of endorsing an NP license to another state revolve around educational requirements for prescriptive authority, specifically with regards to controlled substance prescribing which is not uniform across all 50 states.

In some states, having a DEA alone (which is a national credential that is granted by a local DEA agency) is not enough. There are states that require more evidence of controlled substance content covered in the NP Program than other states. There are also some states that require additional items for an NP to be granted prescriptive authority (such as a collaborative agreement for instance).

I would ask for an explanation with that institution to better understand why their program is only accepted in 20 states. Is it new? is it CCNE or ACEN or CNEA accredited?