description: A record of a healthcare consumer’s  choices, which permits or denies identified recipient(s) or recipient role(s) to perform one or more actions within a given policy context, for specific purposes and periods of time.
package_name: hl7.fhir.core
derivation: specialization
name: Consent
type: Consent
elements:
  patient:
    short: Who the consent applies to
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 4
  category: {min: 1, short: Classification of the consent statement - for indexing/retrieval, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  provision:
    short: Constraints to the base Consent.policyRule
    type: BackboneElement
    isSummary: true
    index: 24
    elements:
      provision:
        short: Nested Exception Rules
        elementReference: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Consent', elements, provision]
        array: true
        index: 39
      purpose: {short: Context of activities covered by this rule, type: Coding, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 32}
      dataPeriod: {short: Timeframe for data controlled by this rule, type: Period, isSummary: true, index: 35}
      type: {short: deny | permit, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 25}
      class: {short: 'e.g. Resource Type, Profile, or CDA etc', type: Coding, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 33}
      code: {short: 'e.g. LOINC or SNOMED CT code, etc in the content', type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 34}
      action: {short: Actions controlled by this rule, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, meaningWhenMissing: all actions, isSummary: true, index: 30}
      period: {type: Period, short: Timeframe for this rule, isSummary: true, index: 26}
      securityLabel: {short: Security Labels that define affected resources, type: Coding, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 31}
      actor:
        short: Who|what controlled by this rule (or group, by role)
        type: BackboneElement
        array: true
        meaningWhenMissing: There is no specific actor associated with the exception
        index: 27
        elements:
          role: {type: CodeableConcept, short: How the actor is involved, index: 28}
          reference:
            type: Reference
            short: Resource for the actor (or group, by role)
            refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/CareTeam', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
            index: 29
        required: [role, reference]
      data:
        short: Data controlled by this rule
        type: BackboneElement
        array: true
        meaningWhenMissing: all data
        isSummary: true
        index: 36
        elements:
          meaning: {short: instance | related | dependents | authoredby, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 37}
          reference:
            short: The actual data reference
            refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource']
            type: Reference
            isSummary: true
            index: 38
        required: [meaning, reference]
  sourceAttachment: {short: Source from which this consent is taken, type: Attachment, choiceOf: source, isSummary: true, index: 10}
  organization:
    short: Custodian of the consent
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 7
  verification:
    type: BackboneElement
    short: Consent Verified by patient or family
    isSummary: true
    array: true
    index: 20
    elements:
      verified: {type: boolean, short: Has been verified, isSummary: true, index: 21}
      verifiedWith:
        type: Reference
        short: Person who verified
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
        index: 22
      verificationDate: {type: dateTime, short: When consent verified, index: 23}
    required: [verified]
  source:
    short: Source from which this consent is taken
    choices: [sourceAttachment, sourceIdentifier, sourceReference, sourceReference, sourceReference, sourceReference]
    isSummary: true
    index: 9
  scope: {isModifier: true, short: Which of the four areas this resource covers, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  policy:
    type: BackboneElement
    short: Policies covered by this consent
    array: true
    index: 16
    elements:
      authority: {type: uri, short: Enforcement source for policy, index: 17}
      uri: {short: Specific policy covered by this consent, type: uri, index: 18}
  sourceReference:
    short: Source from which this consent is taken
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Consent']
    type: Reference
    choiceOf: source
    isSummary: true
    index: 12
  dateTime: {short: When this Consent was created or indexed, type: dateTime, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  consentingParty:
    short: Who is agreeing to the policy and rules
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 6
  status: {isModifier: true, short: draft | proposed | active | rejected | inactive | entered-in-error, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  policyRule: {short: Policy that this consents to, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 19}
  sourceIdentifier: {short: Source from which this consent is taken, type: Identifier, choiceOf: source, isSummary: true, index: 11}
  identifier: {short: Identifier for this record (external references), type: Identifier, isSummary: true, index: 0}
package_version: 3.2.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Consent
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null
required: [status, scope, patient, category, provision]