| Code | Display | Definition |
| draft | Draft | The request has been created but is not yet complete or ready for action |
| active | Active | The request is ready to be acted upon |
| suspended | Suspended | The authorization/request to act has been temporarily withdrawn but is expected to resume in the future |
| cancelled | Cancelled | The authorization/request to act has been terminated prior to the full completion of the intended actions. No further activity should occur. |
| completed | Completed | Activity against the request has been sufficiently completed to the satisfaction of the requester |
| entered-in-error | Entered in Error | This electronic record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions were based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be "cancelled" rather than "entered-in-error".) |
| unknown | Unknown | The authoring system does not know which of the status values currently applies for this request. Note: This concept is not to be used for "other" . One of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the system creating the request doesn't know. |
