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<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" targetNamespace="http://hl7.org/fhir" elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1.0">
  <xs:include schemaLocation="fhir-base.xsd"/>
  <xs:element name="RelatedPerson" type="RelatedPerson">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Information about a person that is involved in a patient's health or the care for a patient, but who is not the primary target of healthcare.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:complexType name="RelatedPerson">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Information about a person that is involved in a patient's health or the care for a patient, but who is not the primary target of healthcare.</xs:documentation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">If the element is present, it must have either a @value, an @id, or extensions</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
      <xs:extension base="DomainResource">
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="identifier" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Identifier">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Identifier for a person within a particular scope.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="active" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="boolean">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Whether this related person record is in active use.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="patient" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The patient this person is related to.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="relationship" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The nature of the personal relationship between the related person and the patient.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="role" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The nature of the functional relationship between the patient and the related person.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="name" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="HumanName">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A name associated with the person.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="telecom" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="ContactPoint">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A contact detail for the person, e.g. a telephone number or an email address.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="gender" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="AdministrativeGender">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Administrative Gender - the gender that the person is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="birthDate" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="date">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The date on which the related person was born.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="address" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Address">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Address where the related person can be contacted or visited.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="photo" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Attachment">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Image of the person.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="period" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Period">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The period of time during which this relationship is or was active. If there are no dates defined, then the interval is unknown.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="communication" type="RelatedPerson.Communication" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A language which may be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name="RelatedPerson.Communication">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Information about a person that is involved in a patient's health or the care for a patient, but who is not the primary target of healthcare.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
      <xs:extension base="BackboneElement">
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="language" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The language which may be used to communicate with the individual.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="preferred" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="boolean">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Indicates whether or not the related person prefers this language (over other languages he or she masters up a certain level).</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
