Professional Licensure Compliance and Disclosures

State Professional Licensure Boards

Many professions are regulated such that individuals must obtain licensure or certification beyond their degree to be eligible for employment. Approvals for programs leading to professional licensure or certification by state professional boards, are in addition to complying with the state laws and regulations where the institution’s activity takes place.

What is Professional Licensure Compliance?

Federal regulations require SIU Carbondale to determine in which state* a student is located, to determine whether the program the student wants to enroll in meets the educational requirements for professional licensure or certification in that student’s state.

SIU Carbondale is also required to provide two types of disclosures, general (public) and direct (individual) to all students in programs that lead to licensure or certification. This rule applies to all programs regardless of modality, (in-person, distance education), that are either:

• Designed to meet education requirements for a specific professional license or certification that is required for employment in that occupation.
• Advertised as meeting such requirements.

How is this determination made?

Evaluation by SIU Carbondale academic schools offering the programs will have made one of the following determinations. The program:

• Does meet requirements – (a student attestation is not required)
• Does Not meet requirements – (a student attestation is required)
• Has Not Been Determined – (a student attestation is required)

Using the links on the left of this page you can find the status of professional licensure programs for each state and territory. There are also links to the state licensing boards of each state. SIU Carbondale will reassess and update information provided on each page annually in the Spring.

Why is this determination important?

For a student to be enrolled in a program whose status is “Does Not Meet” or “Has Not Been Determined” for a state, they will need to go through SIU Carbondale’s attestation process and, if applicable, attest that after completion of the program, they will seek employment in a state that meets the educational requirements.

It is important to remember that individual state licensing boards may have additional requirements beyond degree completion to obtain a license such as supervised clinical experiences, background checks, years of experience, or professional examination. It is the state professional licensing boards that make the ultimate decision as to whether an individual will be eligible for licensure based on the rules and regulations in place at the time the individual submits their application for licensure.

Completion of an SIU Carbondale degree does not guarantee employment in any profession.

This disclosure is being made in compliance with Federal Regulations
34 CFR 668.43 (a)(5)(v) and 34 CFR 668.43 (c)

*For the purpose of this website, states include the District of Columbia and the U.S. protectorates as defined in 34 CFR §600.2.