Taking UTA's nursing programs from Florida
Florida is on UTA's short list of NP and DNP states, and the RN-to-BSN and both non-NP MSNs are open to Floridians as well. As a Nurse Licensure Compact state, Florida honors a multistate RN license for clinicals, and research turned up no Florida requirement for Board approval before an out-of-state graduate program places you.
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Five UTA programs, all open in Florida
UTA decides your state from the MyMav mailing address. For a Florida address, its state-authorization map (checked September 23, 2026) shows the following:
| Program | Open to Florida residents? | What you line up |
|---|---|---|
| RN-to-BSN | Open | Nothing to recruit: NURS 3315 and NURS 4455 use your workplace, NURS 3325 and NURS 4465 your community, and NURS 4685 is a capstone project |
| MSN Nursing Education | Open | A preceptor in nursing education for the 135 hours of NURS 5362 |
| MSN Nursing Administration | Open | Senior nurse leaders for 270 hours across NURS 5339, NURS 5340, NURS 5341 and NURS 5342 |
| NP tracks and post-master's NP certificates | Open | Preceptors for 720 hours per track (Neonatal: 600) |
| DNP | Open | A project site, not a preceptor; see the DNP program |
What Florida's Board of Nursing approves
Florida's program-approval law, section 464.019 of the Florida Statutes, covers an institution that wants to conduct a prelicensure nursing program in the state, and the Florida Board of Nursing describes its role as approving prelicensure programs. Nothing we found in Florida law obliges an out-of-state RN-to-BSN, graduate or APRN program to seek the Board's approval, or even to tell the Board, ahead of Florida placements.
That is an absence of a rule, not a written exemption, and UTA's own rules still apply. If you live near the Georgia or Alabama line and are tempted by a site across it, remember that neighboring Georgia and Alabama are not NP states on UTA's map, and UTA's handbook wants an email to NursingSOA@uta.edu before you go looking for a preceptor across a state line.
Your compact license already covers Florida
Florida and Texas both put the Nurse Licensure Compact into effect on the same date, January 19, 2018. Any compact home state's multistate RN license, Texas and Florida among them, lets you practice in Florida, which meets UTA's rule that you be licensed where your clinicals happen. Holding just a non-compact state's license would mean getting a Florida license, and UTA's handbook puts that cost on the student.
The separate APRN Compact is not in play. Florida has not enacted it, and fewer than the seven states it needs have done so. It bears on your NP license after graduation, not on student clinicals. UTA's license checks are covered on RN license for clinicals.
Florida NP preceptors and where they practice
AANP rates Florida as restricted practice: certain Florida NPs are required to keep a physician protocol agreement throughout their careers, though some may qualify for exemptions. So when you approach Florida NPs, some will practice under a physician protocol and some will not. UTA's test is the same either way: a current provider license with no encumbrances and at least a year of work in the specialty role, per preceptor requirements.
By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, four Florida metros have more than a million residents each: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach (about 6.4 million), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater (3.4 million), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford (3.0 million) and Jacksonville (1.8 million). AdventHealth, a multistate system headquartered in Florida, is one of the health systems there, alongside HCA Florida Healthcare, BayCare Health System, Baptist Health South Florida and UF Health. They show where NP care is concentrated. None is a promise of a UTA rotation.
Florida's TEACH funding does not reach UTA students
Florida pays some facilities to host students, but only for its own programs. Florida's TEACH Funding Program (Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health), section 409.91256 of the Florida Statutes, administered by the Agency for Health Care Administration, reimburses qualified facilities such as FQHCs, community mental health centers, rural health clinics and certain nonprofits in shortage areas for each clinical hour of APRN and nursing student training. Funding depends on appropriation, preceptors must be Florida-licensed, and the student has to be in an accredited program based in Florida.
UTA students do not qualify, so do not tell a Florida clinic that hosting you earns TEACH money.
How the placement desk works with Florida students
We search for NP, Education or Administration preceptors near your Florida address who fit your UTA course, organize the preceptor CV, license check and agreement forms UTA wants to see, and resume the search if a preceptor backs out partway through. Approval of every preceptor, site and agreement belongs to UTA, not to us. Send your track and county through the form below.
Questions UTA students ask
Do I need a Florida RN license for UTA clinicals in Florida?
Not if you hold a multistate license from a compact state. Both Florida and Texas have been compact states since January 2018, so either state's multistate license covers Florida clinicals. If your only license is single-state and issued by a non-compact state, UTA's handbook has you get a Florida license at your own expense.
Does UTA need Florida Board of Nursing approval to place me?
We found no requirement of that kind. Section 464.019, Florida's approval law, targets prelicensure programs, and we saw nothing obliging out-of-state graduate or post-licensure programs to seek approval or give the Board advance notice. UTA's state map lists Florida for the RN-to-BSN, both non-NP MSNs, the NP tracks and the DNP.
Can I do UTA FNP hours at an FQHC in Florida?
Possibly, if the clinic has a preceptor who meets UTA's requirements, an affiliation agreement is in place with UTA, and UTA approves the placement. Be aware that Florida's TEACH program, which reimburses FQHCs and similar facilities for hosting students, covers only Florida-based programs, so a clinic would take you on without that payment.
I'm moving from Texas to Florida mid-program. What should I do first?
Email NursingSOA@uta.edu before you move, as UTA's handbook requires. Florida is on UTA's NP and DNP list, so your program stays open to Florida residents, and a multistate license from a compact state covers Florida clinicals. Then plan a fresh preceptor search around your new home, because any Texas site you had lined up stays in Texas.
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Last checked 2026-09-23
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