The act of accepting the role of fulfiller. It is the act of accepting a consult or procedure request. The receiving service will perform update tracking activities.

A record of a consultation or procedure request. A ConsultRequest is a type of Act. The definition of Act is: "A record of something that is being done, has been done, can be done, or is intended or requested to be done." (HL7 3.0)

Maintains history of processing actions. [FileMan 123,40].