# Practitioner - Medtech ALEX® AU Implementation Guide v1.0.0

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

## Resource Profile: Practitioner 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-practitioner | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-01-12 | *Computable Name*:AlexPractitioner |

 
The Practitioner resource exposed by ALEX 

**Usages:**

* Derived from this Profile: [Practitioner IPS Profile](StructureDefinition-alex-practitioner-ips.md)
* Use this Profile: [Practitioner Bundle](StructureDefinition-practitioner-search-bundle.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Practitioner/practitioner-full-example](Practitioner-practitioner-full-example.md) and [Practitioner/practitioner-min-example](Practitioner-practitioner-min-example.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/medtechglobal.fhir.alex|current/StructureDefinition/alex-practitioner)

### 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-alex-practitioner.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-alex-practitioner.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-alex-practitioner.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "alex-practitioner",
  "url" : "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-practitioner",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "AlexPractitioner",
  "title" : "Practitioner",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-01-12T22:43:00+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Medtech Global",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "Medtech Global",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://medtechglobal.com/au/"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "supportau@medtechglobal.com"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name" : "Medtech Support",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "supportau@medtechglobal.com",
          "use" : "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "The Practitioner resource exposed by ALEX",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
          "code" : "001",
          "display" : "World"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "v2",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "servd",
      "uri" : "http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/",
      "name" : "ServD"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "w5",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
      "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Practitioner",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-practitioner",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.extension",
        "path" : "Practitioner.extension",
        "slicing" : {
          "discriminator" : [
            {
              "type" : "value",
              "path" : "url"
            }
          ],
          "ordered" : false,
          "rules" : "open"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.extension:affiliation",
        "path" : "Practitioner.extension",
        "sliceName" : "affiliation",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension",
            "profile" : [
              "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/practitioner-affiliation"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.identifier",
        "path" : "Practitioner.identifier",
        "slicing" : {
          "discriminator" : [
            {
              "type" : "pattern",
              "path" : "type"
            }
          ],
          "rules" : "open"
        },
        "definition" : "An identifier that applies to this person in this role.",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier",
            "profile" : [
              "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-hpii",
              "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-medicareprovidernumber",
              "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-ahpraregistrationnumber"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.identifier:hpii",
        "path" : "Practitioner.identifier",
        "sliceName" : "hpii",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier",
            "profile" : [
              "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-hpii"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.identifier:provNo",
        "path" : "Practitioner.identifier",
        "sliceName" : "provNo",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier",
            "profile" : [
              "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-medicareprovidernumber"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.identifier:ahpra",
        "path" : "Practitioner.identifier",
        "sliceName" : "ahpra",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier",
            "profile" : [
              "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-ahpraregistrationnumber"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.name",
        "path" : "Practitioner.name",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.name.family",
        "path" : "Practitioner.name.family",
        "min" : 1,
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.name.given",
        "path" : "Practitioner.name.given",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.telecom",
        "path" : "Practitioner.telecom",
        "max" : "3",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.address",
        "path" : "Practitioner.address",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Address",
            "profile" : [
              "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-address"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.gender",
        "path" : "Practitioner.gender",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.birthDate",
        "path" : "Practitioner.birthDate",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.photo",
        "path" : "Practitioner.photo",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.qualification",
        "path" : "Practitioner.qualification",
        "max" : "1",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.qualification.id",
        "path" : "Practitioner.qualification.id",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.qualification.identifier",
        "path" : "Practitioner.qualification.identifier",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.qualification.code.coding",
        "path" : "Practitioner.qualification.code.coding",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.qualification.code.text",
        "path" : "Practitioner.qualification.code.text",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.qualification.period",
        "path" : "Practitioner.qualification.period",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.qualification.issuer",
        "path" : "Practitioner.qualification.issuer",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Practitioner.communication",
        "path" : "Practitioner.communication",
        "max" : "0"
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
