Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide
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Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International - Public Health Work Group. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/shpringman/fhir-fod/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Death Record Source - JSON Representation

Page standards status: Informative Maturity Level: 1

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{
  "resourceType" : "ActorDefinition",
  "id" : "fod-death-record-source",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ActorDefinition fod-death-record-source</b></p><a name=\"fod-death-record-source\"> </a><a name=\"hcfod-death-record-source\"> </a><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td><b>Actor: FODDeathRecordSource </b></td><td>Death Record Source</td><td>Type: system </td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"/></tr><tr><td>Capabilities:</td><td colspan=\"2\"><a href=\"CapabilityStatement-fod-sender.html\">Fact of Death Sender Capability Statement</a></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger" : 1,
      "_valueInteger" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
      "valueCode" : "informative",
      "_valueCode" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ActorDefinition/fod-death-record-source",
  "version" : "0.2.0",
  "name" : "FODDeathRecordSource",
  "title" : "Death Record Source",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-08-07",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International - Public Health Work Group",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "A system operated by or on behalf of a jurisdictional Vital Records Office that holds registered death records and originates fact-of-death notifications. This actor is the authoritative source of the fact of death; it is the party named as the author in the notification's Provenance.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "US"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "type" : "system",
  "capabilities" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CapabilityStatement/fod-sender"
}