Verifiable Health Link
0.0.2-current - ci-build

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

## : Request that a VHL authorization mechanism be issued - XML Representation

Active as of 2026-03-12

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    <Requirements xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="InitiateVHLGenerationRequest"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Requirements InitiateVHLGenerationRequest</b></p><a name="InitiateVHLGenerationRequest"> </a><a name="hcInitiateVHLGenerationRequest"> </a><p>These requirements apply to the actor <a href="ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.html">VHL Holder</a></p><table class="grid"><tr><td><b><a name="initiate-request"> </a></b>Initiate Request</td><td>SHALL</td><td><div><p>Initiate a request to generate a Verified Health Link (VHL)</p>
    </div></td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <url
           value="https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/InitiateVHLGenerationRequest"/>
      <version value="0.0.2-current"/>
      <name value="InitiateVHLGenerationRequest"/>
      <title value="Request that a VHL authorization mechanism be issued"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <date value="2026-03-12T12:40:14+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee"/>
      <contact>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="iti@ihe.net"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <name value="IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="iti@ihe.net"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="A [VHL Holder](ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.html) initiates a request to a [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html) 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](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.html).
    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](ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.html) SHALL trust that the [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html) has been authorized by its jurisdiction to generate VHLs and to provide access to the corresponding health documents.
      * Optionally, the [VHL Holder](ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.html) has selected consent directives or selective disclosure preferences, as permitted by the applicable content profile. "/>
      <jurisdiction>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
          <code value="001"/>
        </coding>
      </jurisdiction>
      <actor value="https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLHolder"/>
      <statement>
        <key value="initiate-request"/>
        <label value="Initiate Request"/>
        <conformance value="SHALL"/>
        <requirement
                     value="Initiate a request to generate a Verified Health Link (VHL)"/>
      </statement>
    </Requirements>