Professional Licensure Disclosures Policy
Federal regulation requires institutions of higher education to make a determination whether a Title IV eligible academic program that leads to professional licensure or certification meets the educational requirements for licensure/certification in the U.S. State where the institution is located and the U.S. States where “distance education” students are located at the time of initial enrollment in the program, as well as U.S. States where the program is advertised as meeting such requirements, and if applicable, the U.S. State where students attest they intend to be licensed/certified. The Associate in Applied Science in Nursing program at Cayuga Community College is registered by the New York State Education Department and thus meets the educational requirements for licensure/certification for New York State.
Most of the courses required for Cayuga’s Nursing degree are offered on campus and at local clinical sites, and are not offered through distance education. Yet the cognate courses required for the Nursing degree (e.g., English 101, Psychology 101) are typically offered through distance learning as well as on campus. While Cayuga does not advertise its Nursing program in states other than New York, residents of other states do access program information electronically from Cayuga and/or SUNY and sometimes enroll in Cayuga courses.
Having made a good faith effort, and for the purpose of complying with the federal regulation, we have been unable to identify a U.S. State with educational requirements for licensure/certification that could not be met by Cayuga’s Nursing degree. Accordingly, our good faith belief is that our Nursing program meets the educational requirements for licensure/certification in all 50 U.S. States; however, it is important to note that Cayuga Community College is not the licensure/certification authority in these U.S. States and cannot assess whether an individual candidate will be issued a license/certificate in these U.S. States and instead it is incumbent on each individual candidate to contact the licensure/certification authority in the applicable U.S. State for any further guidance on the requirements for licensure/certification requirements and application processes.