A record of the educational experience of, or certifications obtained by an Individual Healthcare Provider. This includes both formal training resulting in some sort of degree or certification, as well as practical experience such as an internship. See Section 2 of the CAQH Provider Application.
Qualification: 1) a quality or accomplishment that makes someone suitable for a particular job or activity; 2) an official record of achievement awarded on the successful completion of a course of training or passing of an exam - Dictionary.com
"The official certifications, training, and licenses that authorize or otherwise pertain to the provision of care by the practitioner. For example, a medical license issued by a medical board authorizing the practitioner to practice medicine within a certian locality." - HL7 FHIR, Practitioner.qualification

Attributes
«IVL_TS» Period	dateRange	Contains the dates (start and end) during which the provider's education took place. For certifications, this is the date that the certification was issued.
«II» Id	identifier	"An identifier that applies to this person's qualification in this role." - HL7 FHIR, Practitioner.qualification.identifier
«IVL_TS» Period	validityPeriod	Date range during which the record of the Provider's qualifications is deemed to be valid. This optional property is included for compatibility with FHIR. "Period during which the qualification is valid." - HL7 FHIR, Practitioner.qualification.period

 dateRange

Public «IVL_TS» Period dateRange

Contains the dates (start and end) during which the provider's education took place. For certifications, this is the date that the certification was issued.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	ProviderQualification
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	dateRange
Name Expression
Namespace	ProviderQualification
Opposite
Owner	ProviderQualification
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Provider::ProviderQualification::dateRange
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«IVL_TS» Period
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 identifier

Public «II» Id identifier

"An identifier that applies to this person's qualification in this role." - HL7 FHIR, Practitioner.qualification.identifier

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	ProviderQualification
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	*
Name	identifier
Name Expression
Namespace	ProviderQualification
Opposite
Owner	ProviderQualification
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Provider::ProviderQualification::identifier
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«II» Id
Upper	*
Upper Value	(*)
Visibility	Public

 validityPeriod

Public «IVL_TS» Period validityPeriod

Date range during which the record of the Provider's qualifications is deemed to be valid. This optional property is included for compatibility with FHIR.
"Period during which the qualification is valid." - HL7 FHIR, Practitioner.qualification.period

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	ProviderQualification
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	validityPeriod
Name Expression
Namespace	ProviderQualification
Opposite
Owner	ProviderQualification
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Provider::ProviderQualification::validityPeriod
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«IVL_TS» Period
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public