{
  "description": "This operation is used to query for a practitioner and will return the information for that practitioner without following associations to other providers, organizations, or facilities.",
  "_filename": "OperationDefinition-bc-entity-practitioner-query.json",
  "package_name": "fhir.ca-bc.provider",
  "date": "2025-02-28T00:26:03+00:00",
  "system": false,
  "publisher": "BC Ministry of Health",
  "instance": true,
  "jurisdiction": [ {
    "coding": [ {
      "code": "CA",
      "system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "display": "Canada"
    } ]
  } ],
  "name": "PractitionerEntityQuery",
  "type": "true",
  "experimental": null,
  "resourceType": "OperationDefinition",
  "title": "Query for a practitioner without returning associations",
  "package_version": "1.0.1",
  "status": "active",
  "id": "626a93eb-6f03-4e06-8777-d62aa3913483",
  "resource": [ "Practitioner" ],
  "kind": "query",
  "url": "http://hlth.gov.bc.ca/fhir/provider/OperationDefinition/bc-entity-practitioner-query",
  "code": "entityQuery",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "contact": [ {
    "name": "BC Ministry of Health",
    "telecom": [ {
      "value": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/organizational-structure/ministries-organizations/ministries/health",
      "system": "url"
    } ]
  } ],
  "parameter": [ {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "identifier",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "string",
    "documentation": "String, representing the full identifier value with system and value, e.g. identifier=[system]|[value]"
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "family",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "string",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners with the specified surname. May use trailing wildcards, e.g. Smith*"
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "given",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "string",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners with the specified given name. May use trailing wildcards, e.g. Ann*"
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "status",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "token",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners with a license that has the specified status."
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "address-city",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "string",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners with an address that includes the given city."
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "gender",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "token",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners with the specified gender."
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "role",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "token",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners that have an associated PractitionerRole code with the specified value (e.g. MD or RN)"
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "communication",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "token",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners who can communicate with the specified language code. May be a comma separated list of language codes, e.g. F01,E09."
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "expertise",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "token",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners with a qualification that matches the specified expertise. May be a comma separated list of expertise codes, e.g. AM53,K34."
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "status-reason",
    "type": "string",
    "searchType": "token",
    "documentation": "Search for practitioners with a license that has the specified status reason."
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 0,
    "use": "in",
    "name": "withHistory",
    "type": "boolean",
    "documentation": "true or false, The withHistory parameter instructs PLR to search through historical records for matching attributes. Only the current data is returned."
  }, {
    "max": "1",
    "min": 1,
    "use": "out",
    "name": "bundle",
    "type": "Bundle",
    "documentation": "The Response Bundle with the OperationOutcome and the list of BCPractitionerBundle found by the search."
  } ]
}