http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-practitioner|8.0.0-ballot

The US Core Practitioner Profile inherits from the FHIR [Practitioner](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/practitioner.html) resource; refer to it for scope and usage definitions. This profile sets minimum expectations for the Practitioner resource to record, search, and fetch basic demographics and administrative information about an individual practitioner. It specifies which core elements, extensions, vocabularies, and value sets **SHALL** be present and constrains how the elements are used. Providing the floor for standards development for specific use cases promotes interoperability and adoption.
element_idtypes
Practitioner
Practitioner.identifier
Practitioner.identifier.system
Practitioner.identifier.value
Practitioner.identifier:NPI
Practitioner.name
Practitioner.name.family
Practitioner.telecom
Practitioner.telecom.system
Practitioner.telecom.value
Practitioner.address
Practitioner.address.line
Practitioner.address.city
Practitioner.address.state
Practitioner.address.postalCode
Practitioner.address.country
Practitioner
Practitioner.id
Practitioner.meta
Practitioner.implicitRules
Practitioner.language
Practitioner.text
Practitioner.contained
Practitioner.extension
Practitioner.modifierExtension
Practitioner.identifier
Practitioner.identifier.id
Practitioner.identifier.extension
Practitioner.identifier.use
Practitioner.identifier.type
Practitioner.identifier.system
Practitioner.identifier.value
Practitioner.identifier.period
Practitioner.identifier.assigner
Practitioner.identifier:NPI
Practitioner.active
Practitioner.name
Practitioner.name.id
Practitioner.name.extension
Practitioner.name.use
Practitioner.name.text
Practitioner.name.family
Practitioner.name.given
Practitioner.name.prefix
Practitioner.name.suffix
Practitioner.name.period
Practitioner.telecom
Practitioner.telecom.id
Practitioner.telecom.extension
Practitioner.telecom.system
Practitioner.telecom.value
Practitioner.telecom.use
Practitioner.telecom.rank
Practitioner.telecom.period
Practitioner.address
Practitioner.address.id
Practitioner.address.extension
Practitioner.address.use
Practitioner.address.type
Practitioner.address.text
Practitioner.address.line
Practitioner.address.city
Practitioner.address.district
Practitioner.address.state
Practitioner.address.postalCode
Practitioner.address.country
Practitioner.address.period
Practitioner.gender
Practitioner.birthDate
Practitioner.photo
Practitioner.qualification
Practitioner.qualification.id
Practitioner.qualification.extension
Practitioner.qualification.modifierExtension
Practitioner.qualification.identifier
Practitioner.qualification.code
Practitioner.qualification.period
Practitioner.qualification.issuer
Practitioner.communication