HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide
3.1.0 - Draft

HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide, published by HL7 New Zealand. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7NZ/nzbase/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Extension: ScopeOfPractice

Official URL: http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/scope-of-practice Version: 1.0.0
Active as of 2024-04-19 Realm: New Zealand flag Computable Name: ScopeOfPractice

The type or range of health services a practitioner is authorised to perform, as determined by the Responsible Authority or professional body.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

  • Element ID Practitioner.qualification

Example of extension

    <extension
               url="http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/scope-of-practice">
      <extension url="code">
        <valueCodeableConcept>
          <coding>
            <system
                    value="https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/practitioner-scope-of-practice-code"/>
            <code value="CHIR"/>
            <display value="Chiropractor"/>
          </coding>
        </valueCodeableConcept>
      </extension>
      <extension url="period">
        <valuePeriod>
          <start value="2020-01-01"/>
          <end value="2020-12-31"/>
        </valuePeriod>
      </extension>
    </extension>

Note that this is applied to the qualification element, not the resource root. See the full example below.

Example instances

Practitioner with scope of practice

Usage info

Usage:

Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Complex Extension: The type or range of health services a practitioner is authorised to perform, as determined by the Responsible Authority or professional body.

  • code: CodeableConcept: A code identifying the services that the practitioner is permitted to perform
  • period: Period: The period the scope of practice is effective

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Extension
... extension:code 0..1 Extension Extension
.... extension 0..0
.... url 1..1 uri "code"
.... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: Scope of practice (preferred)
... extension:period 0..1 Extension Extension
.... extension 0..0
.... url 1..1 uri "period"
.... value[x] 0..1 Period Value of extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/scope-of-practice"

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Extension
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... Slices for extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... extension:code 0..1 Extension Extension
.... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
.... extension 0..0
.... url 1..1 uri "code"
.... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: Scope of practice (preferred)
.... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
.... extension 0..0
.... url 1..1 uri "period"
.... value[x] 0..1 Period Value of extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/scope-of-practice"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Complex Extension: The type or range of health services a practitioner is authorised to perform, as determined by the Responsible Authority or professional body.

  • code: CodeableConcept: A code identifying the services that the practitioner is permitted to perform
  • period: Period: The period the scope of practice is effective

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Extension
... extension:code 0..1 Extension Extension
.... extension 0..0
.... url 1..1 uri "code"
.... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: Scope of practice (preferred)
... extension:period 0..1 Extension Extension
.... extension 0..0
.... url 1..1 uri "period"
.... value[x] 0..1 Period Value of extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/scope-of-practice"

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Extension
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... Slices for extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... extension:code 0..1 Extension Extension
.... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
.... extension 0..0
.... url 1..1 uri "code"
.... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: Scope of practice (preferred)
.... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
.... extension 0..0
.... url 1..1 uri "period"
.... value[x] 0..1 Period Value of extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/scope-of-practice"

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
Extension.extension:code.value[x]preferredPractitionerScopeOfPractice (a valid code from Scope of practice)
https://nzhts.digital.health.nz/fhir/ValueSet/practitioner-scope-of-practice-code
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