# Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

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## Extension: New_Patient_Availability - XML Profile

Active as of 2026-04-30

XML representation of the new-patient-availability extension.

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    <StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="new-patient-availability"/>
      <text>
        <status value="extensions"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition new-patient-availability</b></p><a name="new-patient-availability"> </a><a name="hcnew-patient-availability"> </a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;"><tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top"><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="The logical name of the element">Name</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Information about the use of the element">Flags</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance">Card.</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; width: 100px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Reference to the type of the element">Type</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Additional information about the element">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style="float: right"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format"><img src="data:image/png;base64, " alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_element.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Element" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="StructureDefinition-new-patient-availability-definitions.html#Extension" title="Indicates whether the healthcare service is accepting new patients. Patterned after PCA New Patient Availability extension.

    Context of Use: HealthcareService">Extension</a><a name="Extension"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.5">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">*</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html#Extension">Extension(4.0.1)</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">New Patient Availability</td></tr>
    <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_extension_simple.png" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Simple Extension" class="hierarchy"/> <a style="text-decoration:line-through; text-decoration:line-through" href="StructureDefinition-new-patient-availability-definitions.html#Extension.extension">extension</a><a name="Extension.extension"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="text-decoration:line-through"/><span style="text-decoration:line-through">0</span><span style="text-decoration:line-through">..</span><span style="text-decoration:line-through">0</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="font-style: italic">Extension</span></td></tr>
    <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_element.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Element" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="StructureDefinition-new-patient-availability-definitions.html#Extension.url">url</a><a name="Extension.url"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.5">1</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri">uri</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="color: darkgreen">&quot;http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/new-patient-availability&quot;</span></td></tr>
    <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin_end.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_datatype.gif" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="StructureDefinition-new-patient-availability-definitions.html#Extension.value[x]" title="Coded indicator of whether the healthcare service is accepting new patients (bound to NCTS New Patient Availability value set).">value[x]</a><a name="Extension.value_x_"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.5">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">New patient availability status.<br class="binding"/><span style="font-weight:bold" title="null" class="binding">Binding: </span><a href="https://www.healthterminologies.gov.au/integration/R4/fhir/ValueSet/new-patient-availability-1" class="binding">https://www.healthterminologies.gov.au/integration/R4/fhir/ValueSet/new-patient-availability-1</a><span title="null" class="binding"> (</span><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set." class="binding">required</a><span title="null" class="binding">)</span></td></tr>
    <tr><td colspan="5" class="hierarchy"><br/><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format"><img src="data:image/png;base64, " alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <url
           value="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/new-patient-availability"/>
      <version value="26.0.0"/>
      <name value="New_Patient_Availability"/>
      <title value="New Patient Availability"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <experimental value="false"/>
      <date value="2026-04-30T11:47:54+10:00"/>
      <publisher value="Australian Digital Health Agency"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="Australian Digital Health Agency"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/"/>
        </telecom>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="help@digitalhealth.gov.au"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <name value="Australian Digital Health Agency"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au"/>
          <use value="work"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="Indicates whether the healthcare service is accepting new patients. Patterned after PCA New Patient Availability extension.

    Context of Use: HealthcareService"/>
      <useContext>
        <code>
          <system
                  value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/usage-context-type"/>
          <code value="jurisdiction"/>
        </code>
        <valueCodeableConcept>
          <coding>
            <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
            <code value="AU"/>
            <display value="Australia"/>
          </coding>
        </valueCodeableConcept>
      </useContext>
      <purpose
               value="This extension addresses the business need for healthcare consumers and referrers to identify services that are accepting new patients, supporting efficient healthcare access and referral workflows within the provider directory system."/>
      <copyright
                 value="Copyright © 2026 Australian Digital Health Agency - All rights reserved. This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/."/>
      <fhirVersion value="4.0.1"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/>
        <name value="RIM Mapping"/>
      </mapping>
      <kind value="complex-type"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <context>
        <type value="element"/>
        <expression value="HealthcareService"/>
      </context>
      <type value="Extension"/>
      <baseDefinition
                      value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1"/>
      <derivation value="constraint"/>
      <snapshot>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version">
          <valueString value="4.0.1"/>
        </extension>
        <element id="Extension">
          <path value="Extension"/>
          <short value="New Patient Availability"/>
          <definition
                      value="Indicates whether the healthcare service is accepting new patients. Patterned after PCA New Patient Availability extension.

    Context of Use: HealthcareService"/>
          <min value="0"/>
          <max value="*"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Extension"/>
            <min value="0"/>
            <max value="*"/>
          </base>
          <condition value="ele-1"/>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ele-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
            <expression
                        value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
            <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/>
            <source
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element|4.0.1"/>
          </constraint>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ext-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/>
            <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/>
            <xpath
                   value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])"/>
            <source
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1"/>
          </constraint>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.id">
          <path value="Extension.id"/>
          <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
          <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/>
          <definition
                      value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/>
          <min value="0"/>
          <max value="1"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Element.id"/>
            <min value="0"/>
            <max value="1"/>
          </base>
          <type>
            <extension
                       url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
              <valueUrl value="string"/>
            </extension>
            <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
          </type>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
          <isSummary value="false"/>
          <mapping>
            <identity value="rim"/>
            <map value="n/a"/>
          </mapping>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.extension">
          <path value="Extension.extension"/>
          <slicing>
            <discriminator>
              <type value="value"/>
              <path value="url"/>
            </discriminator>
            <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
            <rules value="open"/>
          </slicing>
          <short value="Extension"/>
          <definition value="An Extension"/>
          <min value="0"/>
          <max value="0"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Element.extension"/>
            <min value="0"/>
            <max value="*"/>
          </base>
          <type>
            <code value="Extension"/>
          </type>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ele-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
            <expression
                        value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
            <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/>
            <source
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element|4.0.1"/>
          </constraint>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ext-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/>
            <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/>
            <xpath
                   value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), &quot;value&quot;)])"/>
            <source
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1"/>
          </constraint>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
          <isSummary value="false"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.url">
          <path value="Extension.url"/>
          <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
          <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/>
          <definition
                      value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/>
          <comment
                   value="The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension."/>
          <min value="1"/>
          <max value="1"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Extension.url"/>
            <min value="1"/>
            <max value="1"/>
          </base>
          <type>
            <extension
                       url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
              <valueUrl value="uri"/>
            </extension>
            <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
          </type>
          <fixedUri
                    value="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/new-patient-availability"/>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
          <isSummary value="false"/>
          <mapping>
            <identity value="rim"/>
            <map value="N/A"/>
          </mapping>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.value[x]">
          <path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
          <short value="New patient availability status."/>
          <definition
                      value="Coded indicator of whether the healthcare service is accepting new patients (bound to NCTS New Patient Availability value set)."/>
          <min value="0"/>
          <max value="1"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
            <min value="0"/>
            <max value="1"/>
          </base>
          <type>
            <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
          </type>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ele-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
            <expression
                        value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
            <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/>
            <source
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element|4.0.1"/>
          </constraint>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
          <isSummary value="false"/>
          <binding>
            <strength value="required"/>
            <valueSet
                      value="https://www.healthterminologies.gov.au/integration/R4/fhir/ValueSet/new-patient-availability-1"/>
          </binding>
          <mapping>
            <identity value="rim"/>
            <map value="N/A"/>
          </mapping>
        </element>
      </snapshot>
      <differential>
        <element id="Extension">
          <path value="Extension"/>
          <short value="New Patient Availability"/>
          <definition
                      value="Indicates whether the healthcare service is accepting new patients. Patterned after PCA New Patient Availability extension.

    Context of Use: HealthcareService"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.extension">
          <path value="Extension.extension"/>
          <max value="0"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.url">
          <path value="Extension.url"/>
          <fixedUri
                    value="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/new-patient-availability"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.value[x]">
          <path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
          <short value="New patient availability status."/>
          <definition
                      value="Coded indicator of whether the healthcare service is accepting new patients (bound to NCTS New Patient Availability value set)."/>
          <type>
            <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
          </type>
          <binding>
            <strength value="required"/>
            <valueSet
                      value="https://www.healthterminologies.gov.au/integration/R4/fhir/ValueSet/new-patient-availability-1"/>
          </binding>
        </element>
      </differential>
    </StructureDefinition>