Existing Wording: Consent.consentor Definition The patient/consumer that is responsible for agreeing to the consent represented by this resource. This is the person (usually) that agreed to the policy, along with the exceptions, e.g. the person who takes responsibility for the agreement. In the signature this corresponds to the role "Consent Signature".

Proposed Wording: Consent.consentingParty or Consent.signer Definition: Either the Grantor, which is the entity responsible for granting the rights listed in a Consent Directive or the Grantee, which is the entity responsible for complying with the Consent Directive, including any obligations or limitations on authorizations and enforcement of prohibitions.

Comment:

A patient/consumer is not the only consenting party to a Consent Directive, even if the grantee has "pre-signed" by issuing an offer of a Consent Directive to the patient/consumer. Without including both, even if the grantee by implication, this is not a Consent Directive. The patient/consumer is not the only party "that agreed to the policy, along with the exceptions, e.g. the person who takes responsibility for the agreement." The grantee is responsible for agreeing AND for complying with the Consent Directive policies.

The CBCC WG, as far as I recall, explicitly did not agree to this lopsided definition.

Summary:

A Consent Directive must name both the grantor and the grantee(s) or it is not a Consent Directive.