South Carolina NP clinicals with Sacred Heart University
If you live in South Carolina, Sacred Heart University's online FNP and PMHNP are open to you; both show "Yes" for the state on the September 2026 disclosures. Two local details shape the search: the Board's rule for visiting programs centers on first-license students, and the state's preceptor tax credit rewards only teaching students of South Carolina schools.
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South Carolina, read off Sacred Heart's page
Find South Carolina on Sacred Heart's State Authorization page and the FNP and PMHNP entries both say "Yes" (September 2026), with Sacred Heart an NC-SARA member from January 11, 2017 onward. The catalog hands verification to students, so look again before you enroll or relocate.
| Sacred Heart option | SC status | Where you study | Precepted hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSN FNP | Yes | Online; clinicals near home | 540 in four courses |
| MSN PMHNP | Yes | Online; clinicals near home | 540 in three courses |
| Post-master's FNP or PMHNP certificate | Yes | Online | 540 |
Every state side by side: the disclosures guide.
Regulation 91-6 and who it reaches
Under Regulation 91-6, a nursing program headquartered in another state has to win the South Carolina Board's approval before running clinicals that lead toward a first nursing license. The conditions read like a pre-licensure checklist: full approval back home; a faculty member on site for every shift, holding a South Carolina or other compact-state license; a signed affiliation agreement; South Carolina rules for any precepted experience; and a written report to the Board within 15 days of any change in compliance.
APRN programs go unmentioned. If you want Sacred Heart's reading for NP students, ask the MSN Online NP Programs Clinical Coordinator. Either way, your own checkpoints are Sacred Heart's, laid out in the placement process.
The preceptor tax credit stops at the state line
The credit sits in S.C. Code § 12-6-3800, created by 2019 Act No. 45 and amended by 2024 Act No. 217. It rewards physician, APRN and PA preceptors who take no pay for teaching: a set credit for each rotation that qualifies, capped annually, and a deduction covering up to six more. Qualifying preceptors teach at least two rotations in a year, each at least 160 hours in a listed setting, and participate in Medicaid with a combined Medicaid and Medicare panel of 100 or more.
The catch: rotations must serve students at South Carolina's public or independent institutions, so a Sacred Heart rotation does not count. Even the end date is contested. The 2024 act carries the credit through tax year 2029, yet the state revenue department's Ruling #20-2 still carries the older January 1, 2026 repeal date.
Leave South Carolina's preceptor tax credit out of your pitch; precepting a Sacred Heart student does not earn it.
Restricted practice and delegated acts
AANP lists South Carolina as restricted. Delegated acts by a South Carolina NP rest on a physician practice agreement, and controlled-substance supply is capped. For FNP hours, Sacred Heart accepts either side of that partnership, MD, DO, PA or APRN, under the criteria on the preceptor requirements page. On the PMHNP side, the target is a PMHNP or a physician board certified in psychiatry.
Greenville, Charleston, Columbia and the Charlotte edge
By population, Greenville-Anderson-Greer leads (about 1,014,000 in the 2025 Census estimates), with Charleston-North Charleston near 889,000 and Columbia near 880,000 close behind, and 454,000 more South Carolinians counted in the Charlotte metro. Students raise names like Prisma Health; MUSC Health, operated by the Medical University of South Carolina; Lexington Health (Lexington Medical Center); McLeod Health; and Roper St. Francis Healthcare. Each is a lead rather than a committed site, and partnering systems approve their own preceptors' placements before Sacred Heart does.
Live on this side of the line within the Charlotte metro? A clinic in Charlotte itself counts as a North Carolina placement.
Your compact license, and why students choose us
Since January 19, 2018, South Carolina has issued multistate RN licenses under the compact. That license covers home-state sites and compact neighbors such as North Carolina, which satisfies Sacred Heart's rule on holding a current, unencumbered license wherever you train. South Carolina has not enacted the APRN Compact.
South Carolina students choose us for preceptors recruited on the merits of teaching and matched to their Sacred Heart course. We gather the CV, license and board certification for Sacred Heart's review and the site's contracts contact for the Contract Request Form, so a new site's affiliation agreement, which can take up to nine months, starts early. We watch week 10 and replace a departing preceptor fast. Write to us through the contact form.
Questions Sacred Heart students ask
Does South Carolina's Board approve Sacred Heart before NP clinicals start?
Regulation 91-6 reaches out-of-state programs whose clinicals lead toward a first license and does not mention APRN programs. For NP students, Sacred Heart's approval chain and affiliation agreement are what stand before a first shift; the MSN Online NP Programs Clinical Coordinator can give you Sacred Heart's reading of the rule.
Could my preceptor claim South Carolina's credit for a Sacred Heart rotation?
No. Section 12-6-3800 limits eligible rotations to students of South Carolina public and independent schools. What Sacred Heart offers preceptors instead, such as the affiliate title (the Dean approves it) and preceptor hours toward certification renewal, is summarized on our preceptor page.
Can I train in Charlotte while living in South Carolina?
Yes, if the Charlotte site clears Sacred Heart's approval chain and your RN license is valid in North Carolina. North Carolina and South Carolina are both compact members, so a South Carolina multistate license reaches across the line, and North Carolina also shows Yes on Sacred Heart's disclosures.
When should a South Carolina search begin?
Months ahead. Sacred Heart allows up to nine months to finalize an affiliation agreement with a brand-new site, and an FNP's next placement is due in week 10 of the preceding course. Ask whether a site already holds an agreement with Sacred Heart, which reports more than 900. See the week-10 deadline.
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Last checked 2026-09-25
We check these pages against Sacred Heart's own catalog, program pages and 2026-27 student guides. Your student guide, your academic advisor and your course faculty have the final word.
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Tell us your Sacred Heart program, your city and your next clinical course. We find preceptors who fit the course and prepare what your advisor, the NP clinical coordinator and the Contract Request Form ask for, early enough for the affiliation agreement.
- Preceptors matched to the course: primary care of adults, women and children for FNP, psychiatric care across the lifespan for PMHNP
- Preceptor CV, license, board certification and the site's contract contact ready before your week-10 deadline
- Close to home in any state where Sacred Heart's program meets licensure requirements, with New York's rule planned around
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