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title: CareSpecialty
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description: Represents a listing of provider specialty codes and descriptions. For example, 02 - Physician/General Surgery.
---
# CareSpecialty

Represents a listing of provider specialty codes and descriptions. For example, 02 - Physician/General Surgery.

## Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

## Fields

### Description

- **Typestring**
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Description of the specialty.

### EffectiveFrom

- **Type**: date
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The date from which this specialty is effective.

### EffectiveTo

- **Type**: date
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The date on which this specialty is no longer effective.

### IsActive

- **Type**: boolean
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Indicates whether the record is active.

### LastReferencedDate

- **Type**: dateTime
- **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort
- **Description**: The timestamp for when the current user last viewed a record related to this record.

### LastViewedDate

- **Type**: dateTime
- **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort
- **Description**: The timestamp for when the current user last viewed this record. If this value is null, it’s possible that this record was referenced (LastReferencedDate) and not viewed.

### Name

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup Sort, Update
- **Description**: Name of the specialty master record.

### OwnerId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The ID of the user who owns this record.
    
    This is a polymorphic relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: Owner
- **Relationship Type**: Lookup
- **Refers To**: Group, User

### SpecialtyCode

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Code for the specialty.

### SpecialtyType

- **Type**: picklist
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Type of care specialty.

### SpecialtyUsage

- **Type**: picklist
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Indicates whether this specialty is related to the practitioner, the organization, or both.

## Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. If the API version isn’t specified, they’re available in the same API versions as this object. Otherwise, they’re available in the specified API version and later.

[CareSpecialtyChangeEvent](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_change_event.htm "HTML (New Window)") (API version 59.0)

Change events are available for the object.

[CareSpecialtyFeed](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_feed.htm "HTML (New Window)")

Feed tracking is available for the object.

[CareSpecialtyHistory](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_history.htm "HTML (New Window)")

History is available for tracked fields of the object.

[CareSpecialtyOwnerSharingRule](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_ownersharingrule.htm "HTML (New Window)")

Sharing rules are available for the object.

[CareSpecialtyShare](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_share.htm "HTML (New Window)")

Sharing is available for the object.