# BeMedicationPrescription - Medication v1.1.0

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

## Resource Profile: BeMedicationPrescription 

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| *Official URL*:https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/BeMedicationPrescription | *Version*:1.1.0 |
| Active as of 2026-03-25 | *Computable Name*:BeMedicationPrescription |

 
Medication Request profile - The common structure for medication request 

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Profile: [MedicationRequest/example-01-lasix](MedicationRequest-example-01-lasix.md), [MedicationRequest/example-02-hukyndra](MedicationRequest-example-02-hukyndra.md), [MedicationRequest/example-03-bisoprolol](MedicationRequest-example-03-bisoprolol.md) and [MedicationRequest/example-04-gutron](MedicationRequest-example-04-gutron.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.be.medication|current/StructureDefinition/BeMedicationPrescription)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-BeMedicationPrescription.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-BeMedicationPrescription.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-BeMedicationPrescription.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "BeMedicationPrescription",
  "url" : "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/BeMedicationPrescription",
  "version" : "1.1.0",
  "name" : "BeMedicationPrescription",
  "title" : "BeMedicationPrescription",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-03-25T18:29:08+00:00",
  "publisher" : "eHealth Platform",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "eHealth Platform",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "support@be-ehealth-standards.atlassian.net"
    }]
  },
  {
    "name" : "Message Structure eHealth",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "support@be-ehealth-standards.atlassian.net",
      "use" : "work"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Medication Request profile - The common structure for medication request",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "BE",
      "display" : "Belgium"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "workflow",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
    "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "script10.6",
    "uri" : "http://ncpdp.org/SCRIPT10_6",
    "name" : "Mapping to NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "MedicationRequest",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MedicationRequest",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "MedicationRequest",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest",
      "constraint" : [{
        "key" : "dosage-override-reason-required",
        "severity" : "error",
        "human" : "If isOffLabelUse is true, reason must be provided",
        "expression" : "extension.where(url = 'https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/offLabel').hasValue() implies extension.where(url = 'https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/offlabel').exists()",
        "source" : "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/BeMedicationPrescription"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.extension",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.extension:offLabel",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.extension",
      "sliceName" : "offLabel",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/BeExtOffLabel"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.extension:offLabel.extension:isOffLabelUse",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.extension.extension",
      "sliceName" : "isOffLabelUse",
      "short" : "Indicates that the recommended dosage was overridden"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.extension:offLabel.extension:reason",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.extension.extension",
      "sliceName" : "reason",
      "short" : "The reason why the recommended dosage was overridden"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.extension:basedOnMedicationLine",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.extension",
      "sliceName" : "basedOnMedicationLine",
      "short" : "Medication Line where this prescription is based upon",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/BasedOnMedicationLine"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.extension:instructionsForReimbursement",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.extension",
      "sliceName" : "instructionsForReimbursement",
      "short" : "Instructions for reimbursement",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/BeExtInstructionsForReimbursement"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.extension:statusChanged",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.extension",
      "sliceName" : "statusChanged",
      "short" : "Indicates when the status of the medication request was last changed.",
      "comment" : "This is a FHIR R5 element, preadopted as an extension in this FHIR R4 specification.\nFor the full definition see here: [http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/medicationrequest-definitions.html#MedicationRequest.statusChanged](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/medicationrequest-definitions.html#MedicationRequest.statusChanged)",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-MedicationRequest.statusChanged"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.identifier",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.identifier",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "pattern",
          "path" : "system"
        }],
        "description" : "Slice based on the identifier system",
        "rules" : "open"
      },
      "min" : 1,
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.identifier:recip-e",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.identifier",
      "sliceName" : "recip-e",
      "short" : "Recip-E identifier",
      "definition" : "The national identifier for medication requests.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.identifier:recip-e.system",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.identifier.system",
      "min" : 1,
      "patternUri" : "http://ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/NamingSystem/be-ns-prescription"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.identifier:recip-e.value",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.identifier.value",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.status",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.status",
      "mustSupport" : true,
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/terminology/ValueSet/BeMedicationPrescriptionStatusVS"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.statusReason",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.statusReason",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.intent",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.intent",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.priority",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.priority",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.medication[x]",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.medication[x]",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.subject",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.subject",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/be-patient"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.supportingInformation",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.supportingInformation",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.authoredOn",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.authoredOn",
      "min" : 1,
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.requester",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.requester",
      "min" : 1,
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/be-practitioner",
        "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/be-practitionerrole"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.reasonCode",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.reasonCode",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.reasonReference",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.reasonReference",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.groupIdentifier",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.groupIdentifier",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.note",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.note",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction",
      "min" : 1,
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Dosage",
        "profile" : ["https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/medication/StructureDefinition/BeDosage"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.validityPeriod",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.validityPeriod",
      "comment" : "The period of time that the prescription is valid for dispensing. The validity of the prescription for administration (i.e. whether the prescription can be administered after a given date) is conveyed in the dosage information.",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.validityPeriod.start",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.validityPeriod.start",
      "min" : 1,
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.validityPeriod.end",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.validityPeriod.end",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.numberOfRepeatsAllowed",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.numberOfRepeatsAllowed",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.quantity",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.quantity",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.substitution",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.substitution",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.substitution.allowed[x]",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.substitution.allowed[x]",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "boolean"
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    }]
  }
}

```
