description: Demographics and administrative information about a person independent of a specific health-related context.
package_name: hl7.fhir.r5.examples
derivation: specialization
name: Person
type: Person
elements:
  address: {isModifier: false, short: One or more addresses for the person, type: Address, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: false, index: 5}
  managingOrganization:
    isModifier: false
    short: The organization that is the custodian of the person record
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: false
    isSummary: true
    index: 7
  name: {isModifier: false, short: A name associated with the person, type: HumanName, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  birthDate: {isModifier: false, short: The date on which the person was born, type: date, mustSupport: false, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  photo: {isModifier: false, short: Image of the person, type: Attachment, mustSupport: false, isSummary: false, index: 6}
  link:
    isModifier: false
    short: Link to a resource that concerns the same actual person
    index: 9
    type: BackboneElement
    mustSupport: false
    array: true
    elements:
      target:
        isModifier: false
        short: The resource to which this actual person is associated
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Person', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
        type: Reference
        mustSupport: false
        isSummary: false
        index: 10
      assurance:
        isModifier: false
        short: level1 | level2 | level3 | level4
        type: code
        mustSupport: false
        binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identity-assuranceLevel|4.6.0'}
        isSummary: false
        index: 11
    required: [target]
    isSummary: false
  active: {isModifier: true, short: This person's record is in active use, type: boolean, mustSupport: false, isModifierReason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that can indicate that a record should not be treated as valid, isSummary: true, index: 8}
  identifier: {isModifier: false, short: A human identifier for this person, type: Identifier, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: false, index: 0}
  telecom: {isModifier: false, short: A contact detail for the person, type: ContactPoint, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  gender:
    isModifier: false
    short: male | female | other | unknown
    type: code
    mustSupport: false
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|4.6.0'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 3
package_version: 4.6.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Person
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: 4.6.0