ISO 20302:2022

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 20302
Third edition
2022-01
Health informatics — Health cards —
Numbering system and registration
procedure for issuer identifiers
Informatique de santé — Cartes de santé — Système de numérotation
et mode opératoire d'enregistrement pour les identificateurs
d'émetteur
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Abbreviations . 2
5 Identifiers of the healthcare application providers . 2
5.1 General . 2
5.2 Structure of IIN . 2
5.3 Structure of RID . 3
Annex A (normative) Structure of RID .4
Bibliography . 6
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 215, Health informatics.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 20302:2014), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— update of the description of IIN for consistency with the latest edition of ISO/IEC 7812-1 and
ISO/IEC 7812-2.
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Introduction
This document describes a numbering system and registration procedure for issuing identifiers of
machine-readable cards used in the field of healthcare.
The purpose of using machine-readable cards in the field of healthcare is to improve the quality
of the health service and increase the efficient use of healthcare resources in the field. The primary
consideration in creating this document has been to improve patient service and patient safety, as well
as improve the practical use of healthcare data cards in clinical fields.
a) The following are outside the scope of this document:
— standardizing the clinical practice of medicine,
— defining a standardized healthcare delivery service structure,
— the characteristics and operation of other cards, which are not covered by this document.
In past years, healthcare data cards have been used to exchange healthcare data by placing necessary
and appropriate information on the surface of the cards in order to implement the health service of each
country. However, as people now move more frequently across borders, healthcare data cards issued in
one country or area are increasingly being used in another and, with this consideration in mind, this
document has been designed to apply to healthcare data cards that will be used internationally.
b) This document is applicable to healthcare data cards used for healthcare services provided by the
card issuer.
c) The numbering system and registration procedure is technology independent and designed to fit
relevant technologies and recording techniques for healthcare data cards.
The data elements and data structures in healthcare data cards are standardized in ISO 21549 (all parts).
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 20302:2022(E)
Health informatics — Health cards — Numbering system
and registration procedure for issuer identifiers
1 Scope
This document specifies a numbering system and registration procedure for identifying both healthcare
application providers and health card holders in order to exchange information through the use of cards
issued for healthcare services.
This document focuses on the machine-readable card
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