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# Update Physician



## OpenAPI

````yaml put /api/2.0/physicians/{id}/
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    name: Elation Health
    url: https://www.elationhealth.com/
  description: Elation Health API v2.0
  title: Practice API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - description: Sandbox Server
    url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com
  - description: Production Server
    url: https://api.app.elationemr.com
security: []
paths:
  /api/2.0/physicians/{id}/:
    put:
      tags:
        - Physicians
      summary: Update Physician
      operationId: physicians_update
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: id
          required: true
          schema:
            format: int64
            type: integer
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Physician'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Physician'
          description: ''
      security:
        - oauth2: []
components:
  schemas:
    Physician:
      properties:
        credentials:
          maxLength: 20
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        email:
          format: email
          type: string
        fax:
          description: The physician's fax number.
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        first_name:
          maxLength: 50
          type: string
        id:
          readOnly: true
          type: integer
        is_active:
          description: Whether or not the physician is still active at the practice.
          readOnly: true
          type: boolean
        last_name:
          maxLength: 60
          type: string
        license:
          type: string
        license_state:
          type: string
        metadata:
          properties:
            data:
              type: object
            object_id:
              type: string
            object_web_link:
              type: string
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
        npi:
          type: string
        practice:
          format: int64
          readOnly: true
          type: integer
        specialty:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        user_id:
          readOnly: true
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
      required:
        - email
        - first_name
        - last_name
        - license
        - license_state
        - npi
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          scopes:
            act_as_user: >-
              Impersonate a provider via X-On-Behalf-Of (combinable with apiv2
              or system scopes)
            apiv2: Full access to the API
            system/{resource_name}.read: Read access to a specific resource
            system/{resource_name}.write: Write access to a specific resource
          tokenUrl: /api/2.0/oauth2/token/
      type: oauth2

````