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# Practitioner

> A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare.

## Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| identifier | No | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[] | An identifier for the person as this agent |
| active | No | boolean | Whether this practitioner's record is in active use |
| name | No | [HumanName](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/humanname)\[] | The name(s) associated with the practitioner |
| telecom | No | [ContactPoint](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/contactpoint)\[] | A contact detail for the practitioner (that apply to all roles) |
| address | No | [Address](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/address)\[] | Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address) |
| gender | No | code | male / female / other / unknown |
| birthDate | No | date | The date on which the practitioner was born |
| photo | No | [Attachment](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/attachment)\[] | Image of the person |
| qualification | No | PractitionerQualification | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - identifier | No | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[] | An identifier for this qualification for the practitioner |
| - code | Yes | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | Coded representation of the qualification |
| - period | No | [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period) | Period during which the qualification is valid |
| - issuer | No | Reference\<[Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization)> | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification |
| communication | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | A language the practitioner can use in patient communication |

## Search Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
| - | - | - | - |
| address | string | A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text | Practitioner.address |
| address-city | string | A city specified in an address | Practitioner.address.city |
| address-country | string | A country specified in an address | Practitioner.address.country |
| address-postalcode | string | A postalCode specified in an address | Practitioner.address.postalCode |
| address-state | string | A state specified in an address | Practitioner.address.state |
| address-use | token | A use code specified in an address | Practitioner.address.use |
| email | token | A value in an email contact | Practitioner.telecom |
| family | string | A portion of the family name | Practitioner.name.family |
| gender | token | Gender of the practitioner | Practitioner.gender |
| given | string | A portion of the given name | Practitioner.name.given |
| phone | token | A value in a phone contact | Practitioner.telecom |
| phonetic | string | A portion of either family or given name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm | Practitioner.name |
| telecom | token | The value in any kind of contact | Practitioner.telecom |
| active | token | Whether the practitioner record is active | Practitioner.active |
| communication | token | One of the languages that the practitioner can communicate with | Practitioner.communication |
| identifier | token | A practitioner's Identifier | Practitioner.identifier |
| name | string | A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the HumanName, including family, give, prefix, suffix, suffix, and/or text | Practitioner.name |

## Inherited Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta) | Metadata about the resource |
| implicitRules | No | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language | No | code | Language of the resource content |
| text | No | [Narrative](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/narrative) | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | No | Resource\[] | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [Practitioner](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner).


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