An<b>Act</b>that of taking on whole or partial responsibility for, or attention to, safety and well-being of a subject of care.<i>Discussion:</i>A<b>care provision</b>event may exist without any other care actions taking place. For example, when a patient is assigned to the care of a particular health professional.In<b>request</b>(RQO) mood<b>care provision</b>communicates a referral, which is a request:<p>* from one party (linked as a **participant** of type **author** (AUT)), * to another party (linked as a **participant** of type **performer** (PRF), * to take responsibility for a scope specified by the code attribute, * for an entity (linked as a **participant** of type **subject** (SBJ)).</p>The scope of the care for which responsibility is taken is identified by<i>code</i>attribute.In<b>event</b>(EVN) mood<b>care provision</b>indicates the effective time interval of a specified scope of responsibility by a<b>performer</b>(PRF) or set of<b>performers</b>(PRF) for a<b>subject</b>(SBJ).<i>Examples:</i><ul><li><p>Referral from GP to a specialist.</p></li><li><p>Assignment of a patient or group of patients to the case list of a health professional.</p></li><li><p>Assignment of inpatients to the care of particular nurses for a working shift.</p></li></ul>