<status value="draft" /> <date value="2026-01-09" /> <publisher value="HL7 Canada - FHIR Implementation Work Group" /> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url" /> <value value="https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/collaboration/wg/fhir-implementations" /> </telecom> </contact> <description value="Proposed constraints and extensions on the Practitioner Resource for general use." /> <jurisdiction> <coding> <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166" /> <code value="CA" /> </coding> </jurisdiction> <fhirVersion value="4.0.1" /> <mapping> <identity value="v2" /> <uri value="http://hl7.org/v2" /> <name value="HL7 v2 Mapping" /> </mapping> <mapping> <identity value="rim" /> <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3" /> <name value="RIM Mapping" /> </mapping> <mapping> <identity value="servd" /> <uri value="http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/" /> <name value="ServD" /> </mapping> <mapping> <identity value="w5" /> <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews" /> <name value="FiveWs Pattern Mapping" /> </mapping> <kind value="resource" /> <abstract value="false" /> <type value="Practitioner" /> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner" /> <derivation value="constraint" /> <differential> <element id="Practitioner"> <path value="Practitioner" /> <short value="Practitioner Profile" /> <definition value="The Practitioner Profile is based upon the core FHIR Practitioner Resource" /> </element> <element id="Practitioner.identifier"> <path value="Practitioner.identifier" /> <type> <code value="Identifier" /> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ca/baseline/StructureDefinition/profile-identifier" /> </type> </element> <element id="Practitioner.name"> <path value="Practitioner.name" /> <constraint> <key value="ca-baseline-practitioner-name" /> <severity value="error" /> <human value="Either name.given and/or name.family SHALL be present or a Data Absent Reason Extension SHALL be present" /> <expression value="(family.exists() or given.exists()) xor extension.where(url='http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/data-absent-reason').exists()" /> <xpath value="(/f:extension/@url='http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/data-absent-reason' and not(/f:family or /f:given)) or (not(/f:extension/@url='http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/data-absent-reason') and (/f:family or /f:given))" /> </constraint> </element> <element id="Practitioner.name.family"> <path value="Practitioner.name.family" /> <condition value="ca-baseline-practitioner-name" /> </element> <element id="Practitioner.name.given"> <path value="Practitioner.name.given" /> <condition value="ca-baseline-practitioner-name" /> </element> <element id="Practitioner.address.extension"> <path value="Practitioner.address.extension" /> <slicing> <discriminator> <type value="value" /> <path value="url" /> </discriminator> <rules value="open" /> </slicing> </element> <element id="Practitioner.address.extension:preferred"> <path value="Practitioner.address.extension" /> <sliceName value="preferred" /> <short value="HL7 Preferred Address Flag extension" /> <definition value="Flag denoting whether parent address item is preferred" /> <min value="0" /> <max value="1" /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-preferred" /> </type> </element> <element id="Practitioner.qualification"> <path value="Practitioner.qualification" /> <definition value="A code system for the degree or educational rank that the credential specifies. May also apply to an Expertise type." /> <comment value="The binding strength of this element is [Preferred](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/terminologies.html#strength), meaning that codes are encouraged to draw from the QualifiedRoleType code system for interoperability purposes but are not required to do so to be considered conformant." /> <binding> <strength value="example" /> <description value="A code system for the degree or educational rank that the credential specifies" /> <valueSet value="https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/ValueSet/qualifiedroletype" /> </binding> </element> </differential> </StructureDefinition>