# Establish Trust - Verifiable Health Link v0.0.2-current

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Establish Trust**

## Requirements: Establish Trust 

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

 
Before participating in any Verified Health Link (VHL) transactions, the [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.md) and [VHL Receiver](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.md) SHALL establish a trust relationship based on shared acceptance of a designated [Trust Anchor](ActorDefinition-TrustAnchor.md). 
Trust is established by referencing and accepting public key material published and distributed in accordance with this specification ( via [Retrieve Trust List Response](Requirements-RetrieveTrustListResponse.md)). 
All participants MUST validate digital signatures using keys that are anchored in the agreed trust framework. 

* Publisher: Contact Email
  * [IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee](https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/): No contact email has been registered.
* Publisher: Jurisdiction
  * [IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee](https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/): 
* Publisher: Statements
  * [IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee](https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/): 
* Publisher: Derived from
  * [IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee](https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/): This requirement is not derived from another requriement.
* Publisher: Derivatives
  * [IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee](https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/): This requirement has the following derivatives:* [Create Secure Channel](Requirements-CreateSecureChannel.md)
* [Initiate Retrieve Trust List Request](Requirements-InitiateRetrieveTrustListRequest.md)
* [Initiate Submit PKI Material Request](Requirements-InitiateSubmitPKIMaterialRequest.md)
* [Receive Trust List](Requirements-ReceiveTrustList.md)
* [Retrieve Trust List Response](Requirements-RespondtoRetrieveTrustListRequest.md)
* [Respond to Submit PKI Material Request](Requirements-RespondtoSubmitPKIMaterialRequest.md)

* Publisher: Participating Actors
  * [IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee](https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/): * [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.md)
* [VHL Receiver](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.md)


