# Provider Connect Australia (PCA)

25.1.0.0 - active

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## Extension: PCA Postal Address

Official URL: http://pca.digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/pca-postal-address | Version: 25.1.0.0
Active as of 2025-05-14 | 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

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

- Element ID: `Location`
- Element ID: `HealthcareService`

### 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

Usage:

- Use this Extension: PCA Healthcare Service and PCA Location
- Examples for this Extension: Healthcare service with General Practice service type and Physical location with wheelchair access

### Formal Views of Extension Content

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

- Differential Table
- Snapshot Table
- Statistics/References
- All

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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 inv-pca-1: value[x] shall contain a maximum of 3 line elements
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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"
value[x] | C | 1..1 | AustralianAddress | Postal Address inv-pca-1: value[x] shall contain a maximum of 3 line elements
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

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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 inv-pca-1: value[x] shall contain a maximum of 3 line elements
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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"
value[x] | C | 1..1 | AustralianAddress | Postal Address inv-pca-1: value[x] shall contain a maximum of 3 line elements
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) | Details | Requirements
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.