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.
Type: Practitioner (a.k.a: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner)
Type dependencies: 0
Elements
active: boolean
address: Address
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
photo: Attachment
qualification: BackboneElement
extension: Extension
modifierExtension: Extension
identifier: Identifier
code: CodeableConcept
period: Period
issuer: Reference
telecom: ContactPoint
text: Narrative