## InviteRequest.patient property [​](/content/docs/sdk/core.inviterequest.patient#inviterequestpatient-property "Direct link to InviteRequest.patient property"/index.html)

The patient that a newly provisioned `RelatedPerson` is related to. Required when inviting a `RelatedPerson` without an existing `membership.profile`, since `RelatedPerson.patient` is a required FHIR field.

**Signature:**

```typescript
patient?: Reference<Patient>;
```

- [InviteRequest.patient property](/content/docs/sdk/core.inviterequest.patient#inviterequestpatient-property/index.html)