(1)   For purposes of this subchapter, a face-to-face encounter between a clinic or center patient and a clinic or center health professional for the purpose of providing RHC or FQHC core or other ambulatory services constitutes a single visit.

(2)   Encounters that take place on the same day and at a single location constitute a single visit, although the encounters were:

(a)   with more than one clinic or center health professional; or

(b)   multiple encounters with the same clinic or center health professionals.

(3)   Each additional encounter with clinic or center health professionals that takes place on the same day as a medical visit to the same clinic or center constitutes an additional visit if, after the first encounter:

(a)   the patient suffers an additional illness or injury requiring additional diagnosis or treatment;

(b)   the patient has a mental health visit consisting of one or more mental health encounters; or

(c)   the patient has a dental visit consisting of one or more dental encounters.