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.
Base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner4.0.1, 5.0.0, 4.0.1
Type: Practitioner (a.k.a: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner)
Type dependencies: 0
Elements
active: boolean
address: Address
use: code
city: string
type: code
state: string
extension: Extension
line: string
postalCode: string
period: Period
country: string
district: string
text: string
birthDate: date
communication: CodeableConcept
contained: Resource
extension: Extension
gender: code
identifier: Identifier
identifier:NPI: Identifier
implicitRules: uri
language: code
meta: Meta
modifierExtension: Extension
name: HumanName
suffix: string
given: string
family: string
use: code
prefix: string
extension: Extension
period: Period
text: string
photo: Attachment
qualification: BackboneElement
extension: Extension
modifierExtension: Extension
identifier: Identifier
period: Period
issuer: Reference
text: Narrative