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18.8.26 CER - Certificate Detail Segment (15.4.2)

The CER segment adds detailed information regarding the formal authorizations to provide a service (e.g. licenses, certificates) held by the health professional identified by the STF segment.

HL7 Attribute Table - CER - Certificate Detail

Base Framework
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
CER
101856Set ID - CER SHOULD[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

201857Serial Number
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 80
ST

String Data

301858Version
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 80
ST

String Data

401859Granting Authority MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

501860Issuing Authority MAY[0..1] 
XCN

Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons

601861Signature  MAY[0..1] 
ED

Encapsulated Data

701862Granting Country MAY[0..1][3..3]
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

801863Granting State/Province MAY[0..1] ex.:CountrySubdivision (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

901864Granting County/Parish MAY[0..1] County/Parish (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1001865Certificate Type MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1101866Certificate Domain MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions


1201867Subject ID
C

Condition defined for this element

MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

1301907Subject Name
=

Truncation not allowed!

SHOULD[1..1] 250
ST

String Data

1401868Subject Directory Attribute Extension MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1501869Subject Public Key Info MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1601870Authority Key Identifier MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1701871Basic Constraint MAY[0..1][1..1]univ: Yes/noIndicator (CD) hl7VS-yes-no-Indicator (VS) expandedYes-NoIndicator (CS)
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

1801872CRL Distribution Point MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1901875Jurisdiction Country MAY[0..1][3..3]
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

2001873Jurisdiction State/Province MAY[0..1] ex.:CountrySubdivision (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2101874Jurisdiction County/Parish MAY[0..1] County/Parish (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2201895Jurisdiction Breadth MAY[0..*] ex.:JurisdictionalBreadth (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2301876Granting Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2401877Issuing Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2501878Activation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2601879Inactivation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2701880Expiration Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2801881Renewal Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2901882Revocation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

3001883Revocation Reason Code MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

3101884Certificate Status Code MAY[0..1] repr: CertificateStatus (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

Conditions/Invariants

The root for the expression is on the segment.

Seq. Referenced Elements Introduction Invariant Comment
1 ?

Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
CER
101856Set ID - CER SHALL[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

201857Serial Number
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 80
ST

String Data

301858Version
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 80
ST

String Data

401859Granting Authority MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

501860Issuing Authority MAY[0..1] 
XCN

Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons

601861Signature  MAY[0..1] 
ED

Encapsulated Data

701862Granting Country MAY[0..1][3..3]
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

801863Granting State/Province MAY[0..1] ex.:CountrySubdivision (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

901864Granting County/Parish MAY[0..1] County/Parish (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1001865Certificate Type MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1101866Certificate Domain MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions


1201867Subject ID
C

Condition defined for this element

MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

1301907Subject Name
=

Truncation not allowed!

SHALL[1..1] 250
ST

String Data

1401868Subject Directory Attribute Extension MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1501869Subject Public Key Info MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1601870Authority Key Identifier MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1701871Basic Constraint MAY[0..1][1..1]univ: Yes/noIndicator (CD) hl7VS-yes-no-Indicator (VS) expandedYes-NoIndicator (CS)
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

1801872CRL Distribution Point MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1901875Jurisdiction Country MAY[0..1][3..3]
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

2001873Jurisdiction State/Province MAY[0..1] ex.:CountrySubdivision (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2101874Jurisdiction County/Parish MAY[0..1] County/Parish (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2201895Jurisdiction Breadth MAY[0..*] ex.:JurisdictionalBreadth (CD) hl7VS-jurisdictionalBreadth (VS) jurisdictionalBreadth (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2301876Granting Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2401877Issuing Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2501878Activation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2601879Inactivation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2701880Expiration Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2801881Renewal Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

2901882Revocation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

3001883Revocation Reason Code MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

3101884Certificate Status Code MAY[0..1] repr: CertificateStatus (CD) hl7VS-certificateStatus (VS) certificateStatus (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

Base FrameworkBase Standard Profile
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData TypeImplementVocabulary
CER 
101856Set ID - CER SHOULD[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

SHALL
201857Serial Number
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 80
ST

String Data

MAY
301858Version
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 80
ST

String Data

MAY
401859Granting Authority MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

MAY
501860Issuing Authority MAY[0..1] 
XCN

Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons

MAY
601861Signature  MAY[0..1] 
ED

Encapsulated Data

MAY
701862Granting Country MAY[0..1][3..3]
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

MAY 
801863Granting State/Province MAY[0..1] ex.:CountrySubdivision (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
901864Granting County/Parish MAY[0..1] County/Parish (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
1001865Certificate Type MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
1101866Certificate Domain MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY

1201867Subject ID
C

Condition defined for this element

MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

MAY
1301907Subject Name
=

Truncation not allowed!

SHOULD[1..1] 250
ST

String Data

SHALL
1401868Subject Directory Attribute Extension MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
1501869Subject Public Key Info MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
1601870Authority Key Identifier MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
1701871Basic Constraint MAY[0..1][1..1]univ: Yes/noIndicator (CD) hl7VS-yes-no-Indicator (VS) expandedYes-NoIndicator (CS)
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

MAY 
1801872CRL Distribution Point MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
1901875Jurisdiction Country MAY[0..1][3..3]
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

MAY 
2001873Jurisdiction State/Province MAY[0..1] ex.:CountrySubdivision (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
2101874Jurisdiction County/Parish MAY[0..1] County/Parish (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
2201895Jurisdiction Breadth MAY[0..*] ex.:JurisdictionalBreadth (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAYhl7VS-jurisdictionalBreadth (VS) jurisdictionalBreadth (CS)
2301876Granting Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

MAY
2401877Issuing Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

MAY
2501878Activation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

MAY
2601879Inactivation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

MAY
2701880Expiration Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

MAY
2801881Renewal Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

MAY
2901882Revocation Date MAY[0..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

MAY
3001883Revocation Reason Code MAY[0..1] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
3101884Certificate Status Code MAY[0..1] repr: CertificateStatus (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAYhl7VS-certificateStatus (VS) certificateStatus (CS)
Base Framework Base Standard Profile
Seq# Data Element Description Flags Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type Optionality Table
CER  
1 01856 Set ID - CER   O   [1..4]  
SI

Sequence ID

R  
2 01857 Serial Number   O     80=  
ST

String Data

   
3 01858 Version   O     80=  
ST

String Data

   
4 01859 Granting Authority   O      
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

   
5 01860 Issuing Authority   O      
XCN

Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons

   
6 01861 Signature   O      
ED

Encapsulated Data

   
7 01862 Granting Country   O   [3..3]  
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

  (0399)
8 01863 Granting State/Province   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0347)
9 01864 Granting County/Parish   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0289)
10 01865 Certificate Type   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

   
11 01866 Certificate Domain   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

   

12 01867 Subject ID
C

Condition defined for this element

O      
EI

Entity Identifier

   
13 01907 Subject Name   O     250=  
ST

String Data

R  
14 01868 Subject Directory Attribute Extension   O Y    
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

   
15 01869 Subject Public Key Info   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

   
16 01870 Authority Key Identifier   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

   
17 01871 Basic Constraint   O   [1..1]  
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

  (0136)
18 01872 CRL Distribution Point   O Y    
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

   
19 01875 Jurisdiction Country   O   [3..3]  
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

  (0399)
20 01873 Jurisdiction State/Province   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0347)
21 01874 Jurisdiction County/Parish   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0289)
22 01895 Jurisdiction Breadth   O Y    
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0547)
23 01876 Granting Date   O      
DTM

Date/Time

   
24 01877 Issuing Date   O      
DTM

Date/Time

   
25 01878 Activation Date   O      
DTM

Date/Time

   
26 01879 Inactivation Date   O      
DTM

Date/Time

   
27 01880 Expiration Date   O      
DTM

Date/Time

   
28 01881 Renewal Date   O      
DTM

Date/Time

   
29 01882 Revocation Date   O      
DTM

Date/Time

   
30 01883 Revocation Reason Code   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

   
31 01884 Certificate Status Code   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0536)
Seq# Data Element Description Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type
CER
1 01856 Set ID - CER R   [1..4]  
SI

Sequence ID

2 01857 Serial Number O     80=  
ST

String Data

3 01858 Version O     80=  
ST

String Data

4 01859 Granting Authority O      
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

5 01860 Issuing Authority O      
XCN

Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons

6 01861 Signature O      
ED

Encapsulated Data

7 01862 Granting Country O   [3..3] (0399)
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

8 01863 Granting State/Province O     (0347)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

9 01864 Granting County/Parish O     (0289)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

10 01865 Certificate Type O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

11 01866 Certificate Domain O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

12 01867 Subject ID C      
EI

Entity Identifier

13 01907 Subject Name R     250=  
ST

String Data

14 01868 Subject Directory Attribute Extension O Y    
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

15 01869 Subject Public Key Info O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

16 01870 Authority Key Identifier O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

17 01871 Basic Constraint O   [1..1] (0136)
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

18 01872 CRL Distribution Point O Y    
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

19 01875 Jurisdiction Country O   [3..3] (0399)
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

20 01873 Jurisdiction State/Province O     (0347)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

21 01874 Jurisdiction County/Parish O     (0289)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

22 01895 Jurisdiction Breadth O Y   (0547)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

23 01876 Granting Date O      
DTM

Date/Time

24 01877 Issuing Date O      
DTM

Date/Time

25 01878 Activation Date O      
DTM

Date/Time

26 01879 Inactivation Date O      
DTM

Date/Time

27 01880 Expiration Date O      
DTM

Date/Time

28 01881 Renewal Date O      
DTM

Date/Time

29 01882 Revocation Date O      
DTM

Date/Time

30 01883 Revocation Reason Code O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

31 01884 Certificate Status Code O     (0536)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

18.8.26.1 CER - Field Definitions (15.4.2.0)

18.8.26.2 CER-1 Set ID - CER (SI) 01856 (15.4.2.1)

Definition: This field contains the number that identifies this transaction. For the first occurrence of the segment, the sequence number shall be one; for the second occurrence, the sequence number shall be two; etc.

18.8.26.3 CER-2 Serial Number (ST) 01857 (15.4.2.2)

Definition: The serial number uniquely identifies the attribute certificate within the scope of its issuer. This field contains the number and/or characters that identify the certificate held by the health professional.

An attribute certificate is a data structure which certifies (either digitally or manually) that one or more attributes (e.g., descriptors, capabilities, qualifications, etc.) are associated with a particular entity as verified/certified by the attribute authority (e.g., Credentialing Organization (US), Physician Chamber "Ärztekammer" (D), Physicians Statutory Association "Kassenärztliche Vereinigung" (D)).

18.8.26.4 CER-3 Version (ST) 01858 (15.4.2.3)

Definition: The version number differentiates among different versions of the attribute certificate.

18.8.26.5 CER-4 Granting Authority (XON) 01859 (15.4.2.4)

Definition: It specifies the authority that granted the certificate to the person.

18.8.26.6 CER-5 Issuing Authority (XCN) 01860 (15.4.2.5)

Definition: Specifies the authority that issued the certificate to the person.

18.8.26.7 CER-6 Signature (ED) 01861 (15.4.2.6)

Definition: Digital Signature of the certifying authority. The Digital Signature includes a seal concept and is verifiable.

18.8.26.8 CER-7 Granting Country (ID) 01862 (15.4.2.7)

Definition: ID of the country granting the certificate. Refer to External Table 0399 - Country Code for valid values.

18.8.26.9 CER-8 Granting State/Province (CWE) 01863 (15.4.2.8)

Definition: State/province granting the certificate. Refer to User-defined Table 0347 - State/Province for valid values (in Chapter 2)

18.8.26.10 CER-9 Granting County/Parish (CWE) 01864 (15.4.2.9)

Definition: County/parish granting the certificate. Refer to User-defined Table 0289 - County/Parish for valid values (in Chapter 2).

18.8.26.11 CER-10 Certificate Type (CWE) 01865 (15.4.2.10)

Definition: This field specifies the certificate's classification, e.g., being a privilege, permission, or qualification certificate.

18.8.26.12 CER-11 Certificate Domain (CWE) 01866 (15.4.2.11)

Definition: This field specifies the subject area to which the certificate is applicable, e.g., administrative, medical, or nursing issues.

18.8.26.13 CER-12 Subject ID (EI) 01867 (15.4.2.12)

Definition: This field expresses the identifier of the certificate's subject as used by the certifying body. (The subject is the owner of the certificate, e.g., person, organization, device, application, component.) If the certificate is expressed as a X.509 document this field is required.

18.8.26.14 CER-13 Subject Name (ST) 01907 (15.4.2.13)

Definition: This field defines the name of the subject of the certificate as used by the certifying body.

18.8.26.15 CER-14 Subject Directory Attribute Extension (CWE) 01868 (15.4.2.14)

Definition: In individual identity certificates, this Subject Directory Attribute extension MAY contain a Healthcare Professional Role attribute and may contain a Qualified Certificate Statement attribute. In addition, Subject Directory Attributes MAY contain other attributes not specified by this technical specification.

18.8.26.16 CER-15 Subject Public Key Info (CWE) 01869 (15.4.2.15)

Definition: This field contains the algorithm identifier. Referred to this field, the X.509 extension field MAY contain a Subject Public Key Identifier to identify the public key used in the Subject Public Key Info.

X.509 is an ISO standard specifying certificates.

18.8.26.17 CER-16 Authority Key Identifier (CWE) 01870 (15.4.2.16)

Definition: The Authority Key Identifier extension SHALL identify the public key to be used to verify the signature of the certificate. It enables distinct keys, used by one CA, to be distinguished (e.g., as key updating occurs).

18.8.26.18 CER-17 Basic Constraint (ID) 01871 (15.4.2.17)

Definition: The Basic Constraints extension contains a boolean used to specify whether or not the subject can act as a CA (certificate authority), using the certified key to sign certificates.

18.8.26.19 CER-18 CRL Distribution Point (CWE) 01872 (15.4.2.18)

Definition: The Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Distribution Point extension SHALL identify the location of the associated CRL (or Authority Revocation List (ARL) for attribute certificates) in the PKI directory.

18.8.26.20 CER-19 Jurisdiction Country (ID) 01875 (15.4.2.19)

Definition: This field contains the country for which the qualification is valid. Refer to External Table 0399 - Country Code for valid values.

18.8.26.21 CER-20 Jurisdiction State/Province (CWE) 01873 (15.4.2.20)

Definition: This field contains the state for which the qualification is valid. HL7 suggests using values in User-defined Table 0347 - State/Province.

18.8.26.22 CER-21 Jurisdiction County/Parish (CWE) 01874 (15.4.2.21)

Definition: This field contains the county/parish for which the qualification is valid. HL7 suggests using values in User-defined Table 0289 - County/Parish.

18.8.26.23 CER-22 Jurisdiction Breadth (CWE) 01895 (15.4.2.22)

Definition: This field contains the breadth/extent of the jurisdiction where the qualification is valid. HL7 suggests using values in User-defined Table 0547 - Jurisdictional Breadth.

Refer to User-defined Table 0547 - Jurisdictional Breadth in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values. This table contains values for County, Parish, County etc.

18.8.26.24 CER-23 Granting Date (DTM) 01876 (15.4.2.23)

Definition: This field contains the date when the certificate was granted.

18.8.26.25 CER-24 Issuing Date (DTM) 01877 (15.4.2.24)

Definition: This field contains the date/time when the certificate was issued.

18.8.26.26 CER-25 Activation Date (DTM) 01878 (15.4.2.25)

Definition: This field contains the date/time when the certificate became or will become active.

18.8.26.27 CER-26 Inactivation Date (DTM) 01879 (15.4.2.26)

Definition: This field contains the date/time when the certificate became or will become inactive.

18.8.26.28 CER-27 Expiration Date (DTM) 01880 (15.4.2.27)

Definition: This field contains the date/time when the certificate expires or will expire.

18.8.26.29 CER-28 Renewal Date (DTM) 01881 (15.4.2.28)

Definition: This field contains the date/time when the certificate must/will/ be / has been renewed.

18.8.26.30 CER-29 Revocation date (DTM) 01882 (15.4.2.29)

Definition: This field contains the date/time when the certificate has been revoked.

18.8.26.31 CER-30 Revocation Reason Code (CWE) 01883 (15.4.2.30)

Definition: This field contains the reason for revoking the certificate (e.g., having been compromised, changes of conditions/environment, etc.)

18.8.26.32 CER-31 Certificate Status Code (CWE) 01884 (15.4.2.31)

Definition: This field contains the state of the certificate held by the health professional, such as provisional, revoked, etc. Refer to User-defined Table 0536 - Certificate Status in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.