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authorization expiration date

The authorization expiration date is the date on which a healthcare authorization ends and is no longer valid.

In plain English

This is the calendar date that marks the endpoint of a healthcare authorization. Once that date is reached, the authorization is no longer valid.

In context

Here, it labels the date when the release authorization ends and is no longer valid.

Situation
Managing records, consent forms, proxies, privacy, and information release
What it communicates
labels the field for when the release authorization ends.

Meaning limits

This term identifies only the ending date, not who set that date or why.

Examples

“The authorization expiration date for the therapy was 15 August, even though the approval was issued in July.”

Core meaning

“Before releasing the records, staff checked whether the authorization expiration date had already passed.”

In context