# Provide VHL - Verifiable Health Link v0.0.2-current

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

## Requirements: Provide VHL 

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

 
The Provide VHL transaction enables a [VHL Holder](ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.md) to transmit a Verified Health Link (VHL) to a [VHL Receiver](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.md). The VHL serves as a signed authorization mechanism that allows the Receiver to subsequently retrieve one or more health documents from a VHL Sharer. 
Depending on the use case, the VHL MAY be rendered or transmitted using formats such as QR code or deep link (HTTPS URL). 

* Statements: Contact Email
  * Steps in the requirement:1. ** [ SHALL ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Transmit VHL **:This transaction SHALL support at least one rendering and transmission mechanism to accommodate the use cases and deployment scenario, including:
* QR codes displayed on mobile devices or printed materials
* Deep links shared via secure messaging or email: No contact email has been registered.
* Statements: Jurisdiction
  * Steps in the requirement:1. ** [ SHALL ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Transmit VHL **:This transaction SHALL support at least one rendering and transmission mechanism to accommodate the use cases and deployment scenario, including:
* QR codes displayed on mobile devices or printed materials
* Deep links shared via secure messaging or email: 
* Statements: Derived from
  * Steps in the requirement:1. ** [ SHALL ](https://hl7.org/fhir/R5//codesystem-conformance-expectation.html#content) - Transmit VHL **:This transaction SHALL support at least one rendering and transmission mechanism to accommodate the use cases and deployment scenario, including:
* QR codes displayed on mobile devices or printed materials
* Deep links shared via secure messaging or email: 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) - Transmit VHL **:This transaction SHALL support at least one rendering and transmission mechanism to accommodate the use cases and deployment scenario, including:
* QR codes displayed on mobile devices or printed materials
* Deep links shared via secure messaging or email: 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) - Transmit VHL **:This transaction SHALL support at least one rendering and transmission mechanism to accommodate the use cases and deployment scenario, including:
* QR codes displayed on mobile devices or printed materials
* Deep links shared via secure messaging or email: * [VHL Holder](ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.md)


