# Medication Dispense Maximum Number Of Repeats - Common Components FHIR Implementation Guide v26.0.0

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# Common Components FHIR Implementation Guide

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* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](artifacts.md)
* **Medication Dispense Maximum Number Of Repeats**

## Extension: Medication Dispense Maximum Number Of Repeats 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/medicationdispense-maximum-number-of-repeats | *Version*:26.0.0 |
| Draft as of 2026-07-14 | *Computable Name*:Medication_Dispense_Maximum_Number_Of_Repeats |
| **Copyright/Legal**: This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | |

The maximum number of repeat supplies authorised for a therapeutic good, not including the initial supply. Equivalent to MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.numberOfRepeatsAllowed.

The purpose of this extension is to convey the maximum number of repeats authorised for a therapeutic good from prescription data so systems can enforce and display repeat limits during dispensing workflows. A value of 5 means 5 repeats after the initial supply (6 total supplies), consistent with the numberOfRepeatsAllowed counting convention.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Extension: [MedicationDispense/medicationdispense-cda-extensions-example](MedicationDispense-medicationdispense-cda-extensions-example.md), [MedicationDispense/medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-1](MedicationDispense-medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-1.md), [MedicationDispense/medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-2](MedicationDispense-medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-2.md), [MedicationDispense/medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-3](MedicationDispense-medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-3.md)... Show 3 more, [MedicationDispense/medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-4](MedicationDispense-medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-4.md), [MedicationDispense/medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-5](MedicationDispense-medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-5.md) and [MedicationDispense/medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-6](MedicationDispense-medicationdispense-repeat-progression-example-6.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/au.gov.digitalhealth.cc|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-medicationdispense-maximum-number-of-repeats.json)

### Formal Views of Extension Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-medicationdispense-maximum-number-of-repeats.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-medicationdispense-maximum-number-of-repeats.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-medicationdispense-maximum-number-of-repeats.sch) 

#### Constraints

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Links: [Table of Contents](toc.md) | [QA Report](qa.md) | [Version History](https://fhir.digitalhealth.gov.au/dh/history.html) | [Report an issue or propose a change](mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au) 

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## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "medicationdispense-maximum-number-of-repeats",
  "url" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/medicationdispense-maximum-number-of-repeats",
  "version" : "26.0.0",
  "name" : "Medication_Dispense_Maximum_Number_Of_Repeats",
  "title" : "Medication Dispense Maximum Number Of Repeats",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-07-14T04:17:55+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "help@digitalhealth.gov.au"
    }]
  },
  {
    "name" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au",
      "use" : "work"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "The maximum number of repeat supplies authorised for a therapeutic good, not including the initial supply. Equivalent to MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.numberOfRepeatsAllowed.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "AU",
      "display" : "Australia"
    }]
  }],
  "purpose" : "The purpose of this extension is to convey the maximum number of repeats authorised for a therapeutic good from prescription data so systems can enforce and display repeat limits during dispensing workflows. A value of 5 means 5 repeats after the initial supply (6 total supplies), consistent with the numberOfRepeatsAllowed counting convention.",
  "copyright" : "This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "MedicationDispense"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "Medication Dispense Maximum Number Of Repeats",
      "definition" : "The maximum number of repeat supplies authorised for a therapeutic good, not including the initial supply. Equivalent to MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.numberOfRepeatsAllowed."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/medicationdispense-maximum-number-of-repeats"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "short" : "Maximum number of repeats",
      "definition" : "The maximum number of repeat supplies authorised for a therapeutic good, not including the initial supply. A value of 5 means 5 repeats after the initial supply (6 total supplies). Equivalent to MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.numberOfRepeatsAllowed.",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "unsignedInt"
      }]
    }]
  }
}

```
