Sex and Current Gender

Checklist

Full List of Guidance Points

The following table lists all of the guidance points in order. Click on a guidance ID to find it in the guide.

ID Guideline Compliance
CGS-0001 Label the Current Gender input controls 'Current Gender' Mandatory
CGS-0002 The Current Gender values are: Male, Female, Other Specific, Not Known, Not Specified Mandatory
CGS-0003 The Current Gender status is one of the following values: Male, Female, Other Specific, Not Known, Not Specified Mandatory
CGS-0004 Make the definitions of the Current Gender status values accessible to the user Mandatory
CGS-0005 Do not abbreviate Current Gender data values Mandatory
CGS-0006 Do not display the underlying coded representation of the Current Gender data values. For example, the standard code for 'Male' may be the integer 1, but this number should not appear Mandatory
CGS-0009 Label the Sex input controls 'Sex' Mandatory
CGS-0010 The Sex values are: Male, Female, Not Known, Indeterminate Mandatory
CGS-0011 The Sex status must only contain one of the following values: Male, Female, Not Known, Indeterminate Mandatory
CGS-0012 Sex data values must never be abbreviated Mandatory
CGS-0013 The Sex default state is null Mandatory
CGS-0014 The application must not display the underlying coded representation of the Sex data values. For example, the standard code for 'Male' may be the integer 1, but this number should not appear Mandatory
CGS-0015 Make the definitions of the Sex status values accessible to the user Mandatory
CGS-0017 Provide definitions for input controls Mandatory
CGS-0018 Provide access to definitions of the valid values Mandatory
CGS-0020 Current Gender option button group input controls must consist of five option buttons Mandatory
CGS-0021 Current Gender option button group labels are in the following order: Male, Female, Other Specific, Not Known, Not Specified Mandatory
CGS-0023 Sex option button group input controls must consist of four option buttons Mandatory
CGS-0025 Current Gender drop-down list box options are in the following order: Male, Female, Other Specific, Not Known, Not Specified Mandatory
CGS-0026 Use a single drop-down list box for the Current Gender control Mandatory
CGS-0027 Do not use a prompt for the Current Gender control, due to its default value of 'Not Known' Mandatory
CGS-0028 Ensure that Sex controls have no value selected by default and no method of returning to this 'null' state Mandatory
CGS-0029 Use a single control for the Sex drop-down list box Mandatory