description: This profile sets minimum expectations for the Location resource for recording, searching for and fetching a Location associated with a patient, provider or organization to promote interoperability and adoption through common implementation.  It identifies which core elements, extensions, vocabularies, and value sets **SHALL** be present in the resource when using this profile.  It provides the floor for standards development for specific use cases.
package_name: hl7.fhir.us.core
derivation: constraint
name: USCoreLocation
type: Location
elements:
  status: {mustSupport: true, index: 0}
  name: {mustSupport: true, index: 1}
  telecom: {mustSupport: true, index: 2}
  address:
    mustSupport: true
    index: 3
    elements:
      line: {type: string, mustSupport: true, array: true, index: 4}
      city: {type: string, mustSupport: true, index: 5}
      state:
        type: string
        binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-usps-state'}
        mustSupport: true
        index: 6
      postalCode: {type: string, short: US Zip Codes, mustSupport: true, index: 7}
  managingOrganization:
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-organization']
    index: 8
package_version: 6.0.0-ballot
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-location
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location
version: 6.0.0-ballot
required: [name]