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New York State prides itself in the high quality of its licensed and certified professionals. For the protection of its citizens, each license and certificate has requirements that individuals must meet in order to be licensed or certified in New York State. Thus, each of SUNY’s academic programs that lead to licensure or certification are carefully designed to meet and exceed these State requirements. This is the role the SUNY system plays in protecting the public.
Per U.S. Federal Regulations, 34 CFR §668, and in compliance with the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA) Manual version 24.2, December 16, 2024, the University at Buffalo provides this disclosure related to the educational requirements for professional licensure and certification for academic programs leading to professional licensure to meet the educational requirements for licensure in states where UB students reside. This disclosure does not provide any guarantee that any particular state licensure or certification entity will approve or deny your application. Furthermore, this disclosure does not account for changes in state law or regulation that may affect your application for licensure and occur after these disclosures have been made.
This Disclosure is strictly limited to the SUNY at Buffalo’s determination of whether its educational program, Doctor of Nursing Practice - with concentrations in Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, Child Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, and Nurse Anesthesia - that if successfully completed, would be sufficient to meet the educational licensure or certification requirements in New York State for advance practice nursing.
SUNY at Buffalo has designed an educational program curriculum for the - Doctor of Nursing Practice - with concentrations in Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, Child Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, and Nurse Anesthesia - that if successfully completed is sufficient to meet the licensure and certification requirements for an advanced practice license in New York state.
SUNY at Buffalo cannot provide verification of an individual’s ability to meet licensure or certification requirements unrelated to its educational programming. Such individual determinations are made by state licensing boards, and are fact-specific determinations. Enrolled students and prospective students are strongly encouraged to contact their State’s licensure entity to review all licensure and certification requirements imposed by their state(s) of choice.