# Request VHL Documents - Verifiable Health Link v0.0.2-current

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Request VHL Documents**

## Requirements: Request VHL Documents 

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| *Official URL*:https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/RequestVHLDocuments | *Version*:0.0.2-current |
| Active as of 2026-03-12 | *Computable Name*:RequestVHLDocuments |

 
The [VHL Receiver](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.md) SHALL initiate a request to retrieve a set of health documents from a [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.md), using a previously received and validated Verified Health Link (VHL). 
Both the Receiver and Sharer SHALL validate each other's participation in the trust network using PKI material published by the [Trust Anchor](ActorDefinition-TrustAnchor.md). 
**Optional behaviors:** 
* The VHL Sharer MAY record an audit event documenting the access request by the Receiver, in accordance with the [Audit Event – Received Health Data](Requirements-AuditEventReceived.md) requirement.
* This transaction MAY be conducted over a secure channel, as defined in the [Audit Trail and Node Authentication (ATNA)](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume1/ch-9.html#9.1) Profile.
 

* Statements: Contact Email
  * Steps in the requirement:1. ** [ SHALL ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Retrieve health documents **:Initiate a request to retrieve a set of health documents
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Initiate Authenticate Node **:Initiate Authenticate Node [ITI-19](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume2/ITI-19.html#3.19) transaction to establish a secure connection and validate participation in the trust network using PKI material published by the trust anchor.
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Record audit event **:Record an audit event documenting the access request by the Receiver, in accordance with the [Audit Event – Received Health Data](Requirements-AuditEventReceived.md) requirement: No contact email has been registered.
* Statements: Jurisdiction
  * Steps in the requirement:1. ** [ SHALL ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Retrieve health documents **:Initiate a request to retrieve a set of health documents
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Initiate Authenticate Node **:Initiate Authenticate Node [ITI-19](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume2/ITI-19.html#3.19) transaction to establish a secure connection and validate participation in the trust network using PKI material published by the trust anchor.
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Record audit event **:Record an audit event documenting the access request by the Receiver, in accordance with the [Audit Event – Received Health Data](Requirements-AuditEventReceived.md) requirement: 
* Statements: Derived from
  * Steps in the requirement:1. ** [ SHALL ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Retrieve health documents **:Initiate a request to retrieve a set of health documents
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Initiate Authenticate Node **:Initiate Authenticate Node [ITI-19](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume2/ITI-19.html#3.19) transaction to establish a secure connection and validate participation in the trust network using PKI material published by the trust anchor.
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Record audit event **:Record an audit event documenting the access request by the Receiver, in accordance with the [Audit Event – Received Health Data](Requirements-AuditEventReceived.md) requirement: This requirement is not derived from another requriement.
* Statements: Derivatives
  * Steps in the requirement:1. ** [ SHALL ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Retrieve health documents **:Initiate a request to retrieve a set of health documents
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Initiate Authenticate Node **:Initiate Authenticate Node [ITI-19](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume2/ITI-19.html#3.19) transaction to establish a secure connection and validate participation in the trust network using PKI material published by the trust anchor.
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Record audit event **:Record an audit event documenting the access request by the Receiver, in accordance with the [Audit Event – Received Health Data](Requirements-AuditEventReceived.md) requirement: This requirement has the following derivatives:
* Statements: Participating Actors
  * Steps in the requirement:1. ** [ SHALL ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Retrieve health documents **:Initiate a request to retrieve a set of health documents
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Initiate Authenticate Node **:Initiate Authenticate Node [ITI-19](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume2/ITI-19.html#3.19) transaction to establish a secure connection and validate participation in the trust network using PKI material published by the trust anchor.
1. ** [ MAY ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Record audit event **:Record an audit event documenting the access request by the Receiver, in accordance with the [Audit Event – Received Health Data](Requirements-AuditEventReceived.md) requirement: * [VHL Receiver](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.md)


