SMART Health Cards: Vaccination & Testing Implementation Guide
1.0.0 - STU1

SMART Health Cards: Vaccination &amp; Testing Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Public Health. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-shc-vaccination-ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Profile Group: Patients

Page standards status: Informative

### Usage

SMART Health Cards issued in the United States SHALL NOT have `Patient.identifier` set as this could include sensitive information such as a Social Security Number or MRN. This is reflected by the `0..0` cardinality of this element in the US profiles of Patient. Issuers of SMART Health Cards in the United States SHALL conform to SHCPatientUnitedStatesAD and SHOULD conform to SHCPatientUnitedStatesDM.

For SMART Health Cards issued in other locations, `Patient.identifier` MAY be populated IF the contents do not present a privacy risk to the patient if shared outside a clinical setting (e.g., with a Verifier such as an airline or event venue). Issuers SHALL NOT include information in `Patient.identifier` that poses a privacy risk in such contexts. Issuers of SMART Health Cards outside the United States SHALL conform to SHCPatientGeneralAD and SHOULD conform to SHCPatientGeneralDM.