Verifiable Health Link, published by IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.0.2-current built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IHE/ITI.VHL/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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Requirements: Request that a VHL authorization mechanism be issued

Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/InitiateVHLGenerationRequest				Version: 0.0.2-current
Active as of 2026-05-15				Computable Name: InitiateVHLGenerationRequest

A VHL Holder initiates a request to a VHL Sharer to generate a Verified Health Link (VHL) that references one or more health documents. The resulting VHL allows the Holder to subsequently share access to those documents with a VHL Receiver. The Holder MAY include optional parameters to constrain or protect the issued VHL-such as defining an expiration period, scoping which documents are included, or requiring a passcode for retrieval. These parameters guide the Sharer's issuance of the VHL and influence the conditions under which the associated documents may be accessed.

Preconditions:

• The VHL Holder SHALL trust that the VHL Sharer has been authorized by its jurisdiction to generate VHLs and to provide access to the corresponding health documents.
• Optionally, the VHL Holder has selected consent directives or selective disclosure preferences, as permitted by the applicable content profile.