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title: Patient Elements
slug: eprescribing/guide/patient-elements
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createdAt: 2026-06-23T17:33:01.056Z
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## Patient Elements

| **Element Name**        | **Codes**                                      | **Comments**                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| HumanPatient            | **mandatory **                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    Name                 | **mandatory **                            | For Quality Check information on Patient/Name, see [Patient](docId\:BRRexdOX6_J281uPBlWXH)                                                                                                                                               |
|    DateOfBirth          | **mandatory&#xA0;**                            | Date should be used instead of DateTime to represent the birth date. The format is CCYY-MM-DD.<br />For Quality Check information on Patient/DateOfBirth, see [Patient](docId\:BRRexdOX6_J281uPBlWXH)                                    |
|    Address              | **mandatory&#xA0;**<br />**conditional&#xA0;** | M = NewRx, RxTransferRequest, RxTransferResponse, RxTransferConfirm, and all EPCS fillable messages.<br />C = All remaining messages<br />For Quality Check information on Patient/Address, see [Patient](docId\:BRRexdOX6_J281uPBlWXH)  |
|       AddressLine1      | **mandatory&#xA0;**                            | `business rule `<br />This element must be sent for EPCS fillable messages.                                                                                                                                                              |
|       City              | **mandatory&#xA0;**                            | `business rule` <br />This element must be sent for EPCS fillable messages.                                                                                                                                                              |
|       StateProvince     | **conditional&#xA0;**                          | `business rule `<br />This element must be sent for EPCS fillable messages. Required for translation between versions.                                                                                                                   |
|       PostalCode        | **conditional&#xA0;**                          | `business rule `<br />This element must be sent for EPCS fillable messages. Required for translation between versions.                                                                                                                   |
|    CommunicationNumbers | **conditional&#xA0;**                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|       PrimaryTelephone  | **mandatory&#xA0;**                            | For Quality Check information on Patient/CommunicationNumbers/PrimaryTelephone, see [Patient](docId\:BRRexdOX6_J281uPBlWXH)                                                                                                              |