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Extension: PCA Postal Address

Official URL: http://pca.digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/pca-postal-address Version: 25.2.0.0
Active as of 2025-10-23 Computable Name: PCAPostalAddress

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This extension applies to PCA Location and PCA Healthcare Service, and represents an address where mail can be delivered. A postal address could be either a physical address that can receive mail, or a dedicated mailing address such as a PO Box.

Context of Use

Must support

The meaning of the presence or absence of the must support flag is described in Must support.

Usage notes

When a PCA Location or PCA Healthcare Service resource containing the pca-postal-address extension is created or updated by a publishing system, the line elements are processed by PCA according to the following rules:

If the address contains a GNAF/DPID identifier:

  • If the PCA service determines that the first line element includes qualifying address details that do not form a part of the GNAF/PAF address (for example shop, suite, or building name):
    • The first line element represents the qualifying address details.
    • The second line element represents the first line of the non-locality/state/postcode portion of the GNAF/PAF address.
    • The third line element (if present) represents the second line of the non-locality/state/postcode portion of the GNAF/PAF address. If the GNAF/PAF address does not have a unit/level/etc number, this element will not be present.
  • If the PCA service determines that the first line element does not include qualifying address details that do not form a part of the GNAF/PAF address (for example shop, suite, or building name):
    • The first line element represents the first line of the non-locality/state/postcode portion of the GNAF/PAF address.
    • The second line element (if present) represents the second line of the non-locality/state/postcode portion of the GNAF/PAF address. If the GNAF/PAF address does not have a unit/level/etc number, this element will not be present.

If the address does not contain a GNAF/DPID identifier:

  • If there are three address.line elements present:
    • The first line element represents the qualifying address details as provided by the publisher.
    • The second line element represents the first line of the address as provided by the publisher.
    • The third line element contains the second line of the address as provided by the publisher.
  • If there are less than three address.line elements present:
    • The first line element represents the first line of the address as provided by the publisher.
    • The second line element (if present) represents the second line of the address as provided by the publisher.

When a PCA Location or PCA Healthcare Service resource containing the pca-postal-address extension is retrieved by a publishing or subscribing system, the line elements are populated by PCA according to the following rules.

Note: when a PCA Organization is retrieved by a publishing or subscribing system, the line elements for address (if present) are populated by PCA using these same rules.

If the address contains a GNAF/DPID identifier:

  • If the publisher provided address details that qualify, but do not form a part of, the GNAF/PAF address (for example shop, suite, or building name):
    • The first line element contains the qualifying address details.
    • The second line element contains the first line of the non-locality/state/postcode portion of the GNAF/PAF address.
    • The third line element (if present) contains the second line of the non-locality/state/postcode portion of the GNAF/PAF address. If the GNAF/PAF address does not have a unit/level/etc number, this element will not be present.
  • If the publisher did not provide address details that qualify, but do not form a part of, the GNAF/PAF address:
    • The first line element contains the first line of the non-locality/state/postcode portion of the GNAF/PAF address.
    • The second line element (if present) contains the second line of the non-locality/state/postcode portion of the GNAF/PAF address. If the GNAF/PAF address does not have a unit/level/etc number, this element will not be present.

If the address does not contain a GNAF/DPID identifier:

  • If there are three address.line elements present:
    • The first line element contains the qualifying address details as provided by the publisher.
    • The second line element contains the first line of the address as provided by the publisher.
    • The third line element contains the second line of the address as provided by the publisher.
  • If there are less than three address.line elements present:
    • The first line element contains the first line of the address as provided by the publisher.
    • The second line element (if present) contains the second line of the address as provided by the publisher.

Usage info

Usages:

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Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Postal address
... extension 0..0
... url 1..1 uri "http://pca.digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/pca-postal-address"
... value[x] C 1..1 AustralianAddress Postal Address
Constraints: inv-pca-1

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Postal address
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0
... url 1..1 uri "http://pca.digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/pca-postal-address"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Address: This extension applies to PCA Location and PCA Healthcare Service, and represents an address where mail can be delivered. A postal address could be either a physical address that can receive mail, or a dedicated mailing address such as a PO Box.

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Postal address
... extension 0..0
... url 1..1 uri "http://pca.digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/pca-postal-address"
... value[x] C 1..1 AustralianAddress Postal Address
Constraints: inv-pca-1

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Postal address
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0
... url 1..1 uri "http://pca.digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/pca-postal-address"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Address: This extension applies to PCA Location and PCA Healthcare Service, and represents an address where mail can be delivered. A postal address could be either a physical address that can receive mail, or a dedicated mailing address such as a PO Box.

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
ele-1 error **ALL** elements All FHIR elements must have a @value or children hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1 error **ALL** extensions Must have either extensions or value[x], not both extension.exists() != value.exists()
inv-pca-1 error Extension.value[x] value[x] shall contain a maximum of 3 line elements line.exists() implies (line.count() < 4)

Notes:

No additional search parameters defined for this resource profile.