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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="Practitioner" type="Practitioner">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare or related services.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:complexType name="Practitioner">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare or related services.</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">An identifier that applies to this person in this role.</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 practitioner's record is in active use.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="name" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="HumanName">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The name(s) associated with the practitioner.</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 practitioner, 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 of birth for the practitioner.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" >
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Indicates if the practitioner is deceased or not.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
            <xs:element name="deceasedBoolean" type="boolean"/>
            <xs:element name="deceasedDateTime" type="dateTime"/>
          </xs:choice>
          <xs:element name="address" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Address">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address). 
Work addresses are not typically entered in this property as they are usually role dependent.</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="qualification" type="Practitioner.Qualification" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The official qualifications, certifications, accreditations, training, licenses (and other types of educations/skills/capabilities) that authorize or otherwise pertain to the provision of care by the practitioner.

For example, a medical license issued by a medical board of licensure authorizing the practitioner to practice medicine within a certain locality.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="communication" type="Practitioner.Communication" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A language which may be used to communicate with the practitioner, often for correspondence/administrative purposes.

The `PractitionerRole.communication` property should be used for publishing the languages that a practitioner is able to communicate with patients (on a per Organization/Role basis).</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name="Practitioner.Qualification">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare or related services.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
      <xs:extension base="BackboneElement">
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="identifier" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Identifier">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">An identifier that applies to this person's qualification.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="code" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Coded representation of the qualification.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="status" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Qualifications often take time to attain and might be tracked during this time, and completed qualifications might not always be valid. This status concept has some overlap with period and both should be considered together. Refer to the descriptions of the codes for how the period should be interpreted.

If a qualification is revoked or otherwise cancelled, then the period is likely to be ignored, and m be related to when it was active.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="period" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Period">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Period during which the qualification is valid.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="issuer" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Organization that regulates and issues the qualification.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name="Practitioner.Communication">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare or related services.</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 person prefers this language (over other languages he masters up a certain level).</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
