CER - Certificate Detail Segment

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 Segment

Seq#	Data Element Name	DataType	Usage	Vocabulary	Cardinality	Item #	Length	C.LEN	Flags
CER
1	Set ID – CER	SI	R		[1..1]	01856	[1..4]
2	Serial Number	ST	O		[0..1]	01857		80	#
3	Version	ST	O		[0..1]	01858		80	#
4	Granting Authority	XON	O		[0..1]	01859
5	Issuing Authority	XCN	O		[0..1]	01860
6	Signature	ED	O		[0..1]	01861
7	Granting Country	ID	O	0399(S) Country Code(Suggested)	[0..1]	01862	[3..3]
8	Granting State/Province	CWE	O	0347 State/Province	[0..1]	01863
9	Granting County/Parish	CWE	O	0289 County/Parish	[0..1]	01864
10	Certificate Type	CWE	O		[0..1]	01865
11	Certificate Domain	CWE	O		[0..1]	01866
12	Subject ID	EI	C		[0..1]	01867
13	Subject Name	ST	R		[1..1]	01907		250	#
14	Subject Directory Attribute Extension	CWE	O		[0..*]	01868
15	Subject Public Key Info	CWE	O		[0..1]	01869
16	Authority Key Identifier	CWE	O		[0..1]	01870
17	Basic Constraint	ID	O	0136(R) Yes/no Indicator(Required)	[0..1]	01871	[1..1]
18	CRL Distribution Point	CWE	O		[0..*]	01872
19	Jurisdiction Country	ID	O	0399(S) Country Code(Suggested)	[0..1]	01875	[3..3]
20	Jurisdiction State/Province	CWE	O	0347 State/Province	[0..1]	01873
21	Jurisdiction County/Parish	CWE	O	0289 County/Parish	[0..1]	01874
22	Jurisdiction Breadth	CWE	O	0547 Jurisdictional Breadth	[0..*]	01895
23	Granting Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01876
24	Issuing Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01877
25	Activation Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01878
26	Inactivation Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01879
27	Expiration Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01880
28	Renewal Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01881
29	Revocation Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01882
30	Revocation Reason Code	CWE	O		[0..1]	01883
31	Certificate Status Code	CWE	O	0536(S) Certificate Status(Suggested)	[0..1]	01884

CER-1: Set ID – CER (SI) 01856

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.

CER-2: Serial Number (ST) 01857

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)).

CER-3: Version (ST) 01858

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

CER-4: Granting Authority (XON) 01859

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

CER-5: Issuing Authority (XCN) 01860

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

CER-6: Signature (ED) 01861

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

CER-7: Granting Country (ID) 01862

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

CER-8: Granting State/Province (CWE) 01863

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

CER-9: Granting County/Parish (CWE) 01864

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

CER-10: Certificate Type (CWE) 01865

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

CER-11: Certificate Domain (CWE) 01866

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

CER-12: Subject ID (EI) 01867

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.

CER-13: Subject Name (ST) 01907

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

CER-14: Subject Directory Attribute Extension (CWE) 01868

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.

CER-15: Subject Public Key Info (CWE) 01869

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.

CER-16: Authority Key Identifier (CWE) 01870

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).

CER-17: Basic Constraint (ID) 01871

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.

CER-18: CRL Distribution Point (CWE) 01872

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.

CER-19: Jurisdiction Country (ID) 01875

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

CER-20: Jurisdiction State/Province (CWE) 01873

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

CER-21: Jurisdiction County/Parish (CWE) 01874

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

CER-22: Jurisdiction Breadth (CWE) 01895

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.

CER-23: Granting Date (DTM) 01876

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

CER-24: Issuing Date (DTM) 01877

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

CER-25: Activation Date (DTM) 01878

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

CER-26: Inactivation Date (DTM) 01879

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

CER-27: Expiration Date (DTM) 01880

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

CER-28: Renewal Date (DTM) 01881

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

CER-29: Revocation Date (DTM) 01882

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

CER-30: Revocation Reason Code (CWE) 01883

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

CER-31: Certificate Status Code (CWE) 01884

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.