---
title: "Create Patient"
method: POST
path: "/v1/patients"
tags: ["Legacy-Patients"]
---

# Create Patient

`POST /v1/patients`

This API is still available but no longer supported and is planned for deprecation in a future release; users should transition to the [Create Verifications](/api-reference/verifications/create-verification-v2) API.

## Request body

- PatientRequest
  - `firstName` string, required — The patient's first name
  - `lastName` string, required — The patient's last name
  - `dateOfBirth` string, required — The patient's birth date in MM/DD/YYYY format
  - `state` 'AK' | 'AL' | 'AR' | 'AZ' | 'CA' | 'CO' | 'CT' | 'DC' | 'DE' | 'FL' | 'GA' | 'HI' | 'IA' | 'ID' | 'IL' | 'IN' | 'KS' | 'KY' | 'LA' | 'MA' | 'MD' | 'ME' | 'MI' | 'MN' | 'MO' | 'MS' | 'MT' | 'NC' | 'ND' | 'NE' | 'NH' | 'NJ' | 'NM' | 'NV' | 'NY' | 'OH' | 'OK' | 'OR' | 'PA' | 'RI' | 'SC' | 'SD' | 'TN' | 'TX' | 'UT' | 'VA' | 'VT' | 'WA' | 'WI' | 'WV' | 'WY', required — Two-letter US state code

## Response `201`

A patient ID

- PatientResponse
  - `patientId` string, uuid — The Sohar ID for the patient

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request
- `403` — Unauthorized
- `500` — Internal error

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