This profile is used to convey basic demographic information about a person related to the claim.

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RelatedPerson

Definition	Information about a person that is involved in the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process.
Control	0..*
Summary	False

RelatedPerson.id

Definition	The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.
Control	0..1
Summary	True
Type	http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String

RelatedPerson.meta

Definition	The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.
Control	1..1
Summary	True
Type	Meta

RelatedPerson.meta.id

Definition	Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Control	0..1
Summary	False
Type	http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String

RelatedPerson.meta.extension

Definition	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
Control	0..*
Summary	False
Alternate Names	extensions, user content
Type	Extension

RelatedPerson.meta.versionId

Definition	The version specific identifier, as it appears in the version portion of the URL. This value changes when the resource is created, updated, or deleted.
Control	0..1
Summary	True
Type	id

RelatedPerson.meta.lastUpdated

Definition	When the resource last changed - e.g. when the version changed.
Control	1..1
Summary	True
Type	instant

RelatedPerson.meta.source

Definition	A uri that identifies the source system of the resource. This provides a minimal amount of [Provenance](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/provenance.html#) information that can be used to track or differentiate the source of information in the resource. The source may identify another FHIR server, document, message, database, etc.
Control	0..1
Summary	True
Type	uri

RelatedPerson.meta.profile

Definition	A list of profiles (references to [StructureDefinition](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/structuredefinition.html#) resources) that this resource claims to conform to. The URL is a reference to [StructureDefinition.url](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/structuredefinition-definitions.html#StructureDefinition.url).
Control	1..*
Summary	True
Type	canonical

RelatedPerson.meta.security

Definition	Security labels applied to this resource. These tags connect specific resources to the overall security policy and infrastructure.
Control	0..*
Summary	True
Type	Coding

RelatedPerson.meta.tag

Definition	Tags applied to this resource. Tags are intended to be used to identify and relate resources to process and workflow, and applications are not required to consider the tags when interpreting the meaning of a resource.
Control	0..*
Summary	True
Type	Coding

RelatedPerson.implicitRules

Definition	A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.
Control	0..1
Summary	True
Type	uri

RelatedPerson.language

Definition	The base language in which the resource is written.
Control	0..1
Summary	False
Type	code

RelatedPerson.text

Definition	A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it "clinically safe" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.
Control	0..1
Summary	False
Alternate Names	narrative, html, xhtml, display
Type	Narrative

RelatedPerson.contained

Definition	These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.
Control	0..*
Summary	False
Alternate Names	inline resources, anonymous resources, contained resources
Type	Resource

RelatedPerson.extension

Definition	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
Control	0..*
Summary	False
Alternate Names	extensions, user content
Type	Extension

RelatedPerson.modifierExtension

Definition	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).
Control	0..*
Summary	False
Alternate Names	extensions, user content
Type	Extension

RelatedPerson.identifier

Definition	Identifier for a person within a particular scope.
Control	0..*
Summary	True
Type	Identifier

RelatedPerson.active

Definition	Whether this related person record is in active use.
Control	1..1
Summary	True
Type	boolean

RelatedPerson.patient

Definition	The patient this person is related to.
Control	1..1
Summary	True
Type	Reference

RelatedPerson.relationship

Definition	The nature of the relationship between a patient and the related person.
Control	0..*
Summary	True
Type	CodeableConcept

RelatedPerson.name

Definition	A name associated with the person.
Control	0..*
Summary	True
Type	HumanName

RelatedPerson.telecom

Definition	A contact detail for the person, e.g. a telephone number or an email address.
Control	0..*
Summary	True
Type	ContactPoint

RelatedPerson.gender

Definition	Administrative Gender - the gender that the person is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes.
Control	0..1
Summary	True
Type	code

RelatedPerson.birthDate

Definition	The date on which the related person was born.
Control	0..1
Summary	True
Type	date

RelatedPerson.address

Definition	Address where the related person can be contacted or visited.
Control	0..*
Summary	True
Type	Address

RelatedPerson.photo

Definition	Image of the person.
Control	0..*
Summary	False
Type	Attachment

RelatedPerson.period

Definition	The period of time during which this relationship is or was active. If there are no dates defined, then the interval is unknown.
Control	0..1
Summary	False
Type	Period

RelatedPerson.communication

Definition	A language which may be used to communicate with about the patient's health.
Control	0..*
Summary	False
Type	BackboneElement

RelatedPerson.communication.id

Definition	Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Control	0..1
Summary	False
Type	http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String

RelatedPerson.communication.extension

Definition	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
Control	0..*
Summary	False
Alternate Names	extensions, user content
Type	Extension

RelatedPerson.communication.modifierExtension

Definition	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).
Control	0..*
Summary	True
Alternate Names	extensions, user content, modifiers
Type	Extension

RelatedPerson.communication.language

Definition	The ISO-639-1 alpha 2 code in lower case for the language, optionally followed by a hyphen and the ISO-3166-1 alpha 2 code for the region in upper case; e.g. "en" for English, or "en-US" for American English versus "en-EN" for England English.
Control	1..1
Summary	False
Type	CodeableConcept

RelatedPerson.communication.preferred

Definition	Indicates whether or not the patient prefers this language (over other languages he masters up a certain level).
Control	0..1
Summary	False
Type	boolean