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# RelatedPerson

> Information about a person that is involved in the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process.

## Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| identifier | No | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[] | A human identifier for this person |
| active | No | boolean | Whether this related person's record is in active use |
| patient | Yes | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient)> | The patient this person is related to |
| relationship | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | The nature of the relationship |
| name | No | [HumanName](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/humanname)\[] | A name associated with the person |
| telecom | No | [ContactPoint](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/contactpoint)\[] | A contact detail for the person |
| gender | No | code | male / female / other / unknown |
| birthDate | No | date | The date on which the related person was born |
| address | No | [Address](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/address)\[] | Address where the related person can be contacted or visited |
| photo | No | [Attachment](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/attachment)\[] | Image of the person |
| period | No | [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period) | Period of time that this relationship is considered valid |
| communication | No | RelatedPersonCommunication | A language which may be used to communicate with about the patient's health |
| - 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 |
| - language | Yes | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health |
| - preferred | No | boolean | Language preference indicator |

## 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 | RelatedPerson.address |
| address-city | string | A city specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.city |
| address-country | string | A country specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.country |
| address-postalcode | string | A postal code specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.postalCode |
| address-state | string | A state specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.state |
| address-use | token | A use code specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.use |
| birthdate | date | The Related Person's date of birth | RelatedPerson.birthDate |
| email | token | A value in an email contact | RelatedPerson.telecom |
| gender | token | Gender of the related person | RelatedPerson.gender |
| phone | token | A value in a phone contact | RelatedPerson.telecom |
| phonetic | string | A portion of name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm | RelatedPerson.name |
| telecom | token | The value in any kind of contact | RelatedPerson.telecom |
| active | token | Indicates if the related person record is active | RelatedPerson.active |
| identifier | token | An Identifier of the RelatedPerson | RelatedPerson.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 | RelatedPerson.name |
| patient | reference | The patient this related person is related to | RelatedPerson.patient |
| relationship | token | The relationship between the patient and the relatedperson | RelatedPerson.relationship |

## 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 [RelatedPerson](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson).


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