---
id: "cabcphn"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["CA"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 48
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/cabcphn"
---

# Canada British Columbia's Personal Health Number (PHN) (`cabcphn`)

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).

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: Canada (CA)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- purview: `Canada health service number`
- stdnum: `ca.bc_phn`

## Supported by tools

- `azureailanguage`
- `microsoftpurview`
- `nightfall`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Sources

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

## Quality

Score 48/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, authoritative source link, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/cabcphn.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/CA/persons/cabcphn.yaml>