Verifiable Health Link
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Requirements: Request VHL Documents

Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/RequestVHLDocuments Version: 0.0.2-current
Active as of 2025-09-19 Computable Name: RequestVHLDocuments

The VHL Receiver SHALL initiate a request to retrieve a set of health documents from a VHL Sharer, using a previously received and validated Verified Health Link (VHL).

This transaction SHALL be conducted over a mutually authenticated TLS (mTLS) channel. Both the Receiver and Sharer SHALL validate each other's participation in the trust network using PKI material published by the Trust Anchor.

Optional behaviors:

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Statements Steps in the requirement:
  1. SHALL - Retrieve health documents :

    Initiate a request to retrieve a set of health documents

  2. SHALL - Initiate mTLS connection :

    Initiate mTLS connection and validate participation in the trust network using PKI material published by the trust anchor.

  3. MAY - Record audit event :

    Record an audit event documenting the access request by the Receiver, in accordance with the Audit Event – Received Health Data requirement
Derived from This requirement is not derived from another requriement.
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