AHPRA data guidance

This page provides detailed guidance on the representation of AHPRA-sourced data in a Practitioner resource. AHPRA data item names are taken from AHPRA's Practitioner information exchange (PIE) Interoperability specification: Find registration.

The table below matches the data items to the most appropriate elements in the Practitioner profile, or complex extensions AHPRA Profession Details and AHPRA Registration Details.

The following table maps AHPRA’s basic person data to Practitioner resource elements:

AHPRA person data
Data Item	Element name
Name Edit Date	name.period.start
Name Title	name.prefix
Family Name	name.family
Given Name	name.given[1]
Middle Name	name.given[2]
Profession Number	identifier:AUAHPRARegistrationNumber

The following table maps AHPRA’s qualification data to an instance of the Practitioner resource qualification backbone element:

AHPRA qualification data
Data Item	Element name
Qualification Title	qualification.code.text
Awarding Institution	qualification.issuer.resolve().name
Country Qualification Obtained	qualification.issuer.resolve().address.country
Year of Qualification	qualification.period.start

The following table maps AHPRA’s profession data to an instance of the Practitioner resource qualification backbone element with code=AUAHPRAProfession:

AHPRA profession data - qualification[AUAHPRAProfession]
Data Item	Element name
Profession Number	qualification.identifier:AUAHPRARegistrationNumber
Profession	qualification.extension:ahpraprofession-details.ahpraProfession.text
Profession Start Date	qualification.period.start
Conditions	qualification.extension:ahpraprofession-details.ahpraCondition
Undertakings	qualification.extension:ahpraprofession-details.ahpraUndertaking
Reprimands	qualification.extension:ahpraprofession-details.ahpraUndertaking
Cautions	qualification.extension:ahpraprofession-details.ahpraCaution

The following table maps AHPRA’s profession data to an instance of the Practitioner resource qualification backbone element with code=AUAHPRARegistration:

AHPRA registration data - qualification[AUAHPRARegistration]
Data Item	Element name
Profession Number	qualification.identifier:AUAHPRARegistrationNumber
Profession	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpraProfession.text
Registration Record Number	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpraRegistrationRecordNumber
Division	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpradivision.text
Registration Type	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpraregistrationtype.text
Registration Sub-Type	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpraregistrationsubtype.text
Registration Status	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpraregistrationstatus.text
Registration Expiry	qualification.period.end
Specialty	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpraspecialty.text
Field of Specialty Practice	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahprafieldofspecialtypractice.text
Initial Registration Date	qualification.period.start
Endorsements	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpraEndorsement
Notations	qualification.extension:ahpraregistration-details.ahpraNotation