Canada British Columbia's Personal Health Number (PHN)

ID cabcphn

DatatypePersonal data (PII)identifier

Each B.C. resident enrolled with the Medical Services Plan (MSP) is given a unique lifetime identifier for health care called a Personal Health Number (PHN).

Categories: Personally identifiable information, Person related
Countries: Canada
Languages: English
W3C DPV: pd:OfficialID
Microsoft Purview: Canada health service number
python-stdnum: stdnum.ca.bc_phn
Quality: 48/100 · missing: regexp, examples, negative example, authoritative source link, translation
Metacrafter rules: no detection rule yet
Supported by tools: Azure AI Language PII detection, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Nightfall AI, python-stdnum

Sources

other: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/bc-residents/personal-health-identification

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Page URL: http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/cabcphn
JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
Improve it: edit data/datatypes/CA/persons/cabcphn.yaml on GitHub