Definition: The Consent and Access Authorization ABB captures, validates and enforces a patient's consent for cross-border access to their health data, and authorises the specific scope of access granted to the requesting party. Last modification: 2026-07-08 Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/dr8/ConsentAndAccessAuthorization LOST view: Technical view - infrastructure EIRA concept: eira:ArchitectureBuildingBlock ABB name: eira:ConsentAndAccessAuthorization Synonym: Consent Management and Access Authorisation Service Example: A patient grants time-boxed, purpose-limited consent for a treating clinician in another Member State to view their medication history; the Consent and Access Authorization service records the grant and enforces its scope on subsequent access requests. Interoperability Saliency: Salient for technical interoperability because it standardises how patient consent is captured, represented and enforced consistently across Member States with differing national consent models. Interoperability Dimension: Structural IoP Additional identifier: http://data.europa.eu/dr8/ConsentAndAccessAuthorization EIF Layer: TechnicalInfrastructure