Validate a Centrelink concession card API

POST
/dvs/centrelink
LIVE

Validates a Centrelink-issued concession card against the DVS: Health Care Card (HCC), Pensioner Concession Card (PCC), or Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (SHC). Used for verifying eligibility for concession-based products, services and pricing tiers.

Example Request

POST
request.json
key Auth: BearerAuth
{
  "consent": true,
  "full_name": "John Smith",
  "birth_date": "1980-01-01",
  "crn": "123456789A",
  "card_expiry": "2024-02-01",
  "card_type": "HCC"
}

Request Schema

preflight
Optional
string

Input validation only.

consent
Required
string

Individual's consent.

full_name
Required
string

Full name of the card holder.

birth_date
Required
string

YYYY-MM-DD.

crn
Required
string

Customer Reference Number printed on the card.

card_expiry
Required
string

Card expiry date.

card_type
Required
enum

HCC, PCC or SHC.

Available Response Data

3 Data Points
01
monitor_heart

verification_result_code: Y, N, D or S

02
tag

activity_id and verification_request_number

03
data_object

additional_information array

for example CC-001 Name does not match

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By The Numbers

API Data Scale & Coverage tag

Unmatched data depth to power your compliance and verification workflows.

50M+
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Practical Applications

Technical Use Cases tag

local_pharmacy

Concession pricing eligibility

Confirm a customer is entitled to concession pricing on regulated products like medicines, utilities or transport.

elderly

Seniors product enrolment

Verify Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holdings before enrolling customers in seniors-only insurance, financial or service offerings.

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Compliance & Security tag

Enterprise-grade infrastructure audited against the standards your regulators require.

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ISO 27001 Certified
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AES-256 Encryption
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Common Questions tag

Everything you need to know about implementation details and compliance infrastructure.

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Which Centrelink card types are supported?

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Three. HCC (Health Care Card), PCC (Pensioner Concession Card) and SHC (Commonwealth Seniors Health Card). The card_type parameter is required and accepts only these three values.

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