diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx
index c802640c5..e433653cd 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ import { VorsorgeDashboardCard } from "@/components/measurement-reminders/vorsor
 import { EpisodeDocumentsCard } from "@/components/documents/episode-documents-card";
 import { LedgerRowItem } from "@/components/medications/dose-history-ledger";
 import { VaccinationsView } from "@/components/vaccinations/vaccinations-view";
+import { VisitsSection } from "@/components/encounters/visits-section";
+import type { EncounterDTO } from "@/lib/encounters/dto";
 import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
 import type { DailyDigest } from "@/lib/daily/digest";
 import type { MeasurementReminder } from "@/hooks/use-measurement-reminders";
@@ -740,3 +742,82 @@ describe("the immunization log's add, edit and delete", () => {
     ).not.toContain('data-slot="vaccination-add-empty"');
   });
 });
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* The visits list                                                            */
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+describe("a visit row's edit sheet", () => {
+  const VISIT: EncounterDTO = {
+    id: "visit-1",
+    occurredAt: "2026-08-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+    status: "DONE",
+    kind: "ROUTINE",
+    practitioner: null,
+    reason: null,
+    outcome: null,
+    reminderNextDueAt: null,
+    createdAt: "2026-08-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+    updatedAt: "2026-08-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+  };
+
+  const seedList = (client: QueryClient) => {
+    client.setQueryData(
+      queryKeys.encounterList(null, null, undefined, undefined),
+      {
+        upcoming: [],
+        past: [VISIT],
+      },
+    );
+  };
+
+  /** The row's content is a button only while it opens something. */
+  const rowIsTappable = (html: string) =>
+    html.includes('data-slot="visit-card-open"');
+
+  it("opens for the owner", () => {
+    expect(rowIsTappable(render(OWN_RECORD, <VisitsSection />, seedList))).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does not open for a READ or a WRITE delegate", () => {
+    // The add button was the only thing asked, and it asks the right question
+    // — `POST /api/encounters` is WRITE. The row underneath opens a sheet
+    // whose Save is `PATCH` and whose Delete is `DELETE`, both MANAGE.
+    for (const level of ["read", "write"] as const) {
+      const html = render(
+        grant(level, ["profile"]),
+        <VisitsSection />,
+        seedList,
+      );
+      expect(html, `${level} still sees the row`).toContain(
+        'data-slot="visit-card"',
+      );
+      expect(rowIsTappable(html), `${level} may open the sheet`).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the add button for a WRITE delegate", () => {
+    // The two answers are different questions and must not collapse into one.
+    expect(
+      render(grant("write", ["profile"]), <VisitsSection />, seedList),
+    ).toContain('data-slot="visits-add"');
+    expect(
+      render(grant("read", ["profile"]), <VisitsSection />, seedList),
+    ).not.toContain('data-slot="visits-add"');
+  });
+
+  it("opens for a MANAGE delegate holding the section, and not one outside it", () => {
+    expect(
+      rowIsTappable(
+        render(grant("manage", ["profile"]), <VisitsSection />, seedList),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      rowIsTappable(
+        render(grant("manage", ["labs"]), <VisitsSection />, seedList),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/encounters/visit-card.tsx b/src/components/encounters/visit-card.tsx
index 7f4ecdf32..0baaf512e 100644
--- a/src/components/encounters/visit-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/encounters/visit-card.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ export function VisitCard({
   onOpen,
 }: {
   encounter: Encounter;
-  onOpen: (encounter: Encounter) => void;
+  /**
+   * Opens the edit sheet. Omitted when the caller may not change the visit —
+   * `PATCH` and `DELETE /api/encounters/{id}` are both `("manage", "profile")`,
+   * so a READ or WRITE delegate gets the card as a card and not as a button.
+   * A row that reads as tappable and answers 403 is the affordance saying
+   * something about the grant that is not true.
+   */
+  onOpen?: (encounter: Encounter) => void;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const format = useFormatters();
@@ -71,11 +78,7 @@ export function VisitCard({
       className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4"
     >
       <CardContent className="space-y-2">
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          onClick={() => onOpen(encounter)}
-          className="focus-visible:ring-ring/50 w-full space-y-2 text-left focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:outline-none"
-        >
+        <Body onOpen={onOpen} encounter={encounter}>
           <div className="flex items-start gap-2">
             <CalendarClock
               className="text-foreground mt-0.5 size-5 shrink-0"
@@ -120,8 +123,37 @@ export function VisitCard({
               ))}
             </div>
           ) : null}
-        </button>
+        </Body>
       </CardContent>
     </Card>
   );
 }
+
+/**
+ * The row's content, tappable or not.
+ *
+ * One element either way rather than two copies of the content: the read-only
+ * form keeps the same spacing the button had, so a card that loses its edit
+ * affordance does not also change shape.
+ */
+function Body({
+  onOpen,
+  encounter,
+  children,
+}: {
+  onOpen?: (encounter: Encounter) => void;
+  encounter: Encounter;
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
+  if (!onOpen) return <div className="w-full space-y-2">{children}</div>;
+  return (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      data-slot="visit-card-open"
+      onClick={() => onOpen(encounter)}
+      className="focus-visible:ring-ring/50 w-full space-y-2 text-left focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:outline-none"
+    >
+      {children}
+    </button>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/encounters/visits-section.tsx b/src/components/encounters/visits-section.tsx
index 2af5b67d0..3b2ad8c9a 100644
--- a/src/components/encounters/visits-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/encounters/visits-section.tsx
@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@ import { VisitCard } from "./visit-card";
 
 export function VisitsSection({ enabled = true }: { enabled?: boolean }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
-  const { canWriteDomain } = useRecordCapabilities();
-  // `POST /api/encounters` answers at WRITE under the profile section.
+  const { canWriteDomain, canManageDomain } = useRecordCapabilities();
+  // `POST /api/encounters` answers at WRITE under the profile section; the
+  // edit and the delete behind the row are both MANAGE. Only the add was
+  // asked, so every row stayed tappable into a sheet whose Save and Delete
+  // the server refuses.
   const canAddVisit = canWriteDomain("profile");
+  const canManageVisits = canManageDomain("profile");
   const list = useEncounters(enabled);
 
   // `null` closed, `"new"` create, a row edits it.
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ export function VisitsSection({ enabled = true }: { enabled?: boolean }) {
                 <VisitCard
                   key={encounter.id}
                   encounter={encounter}
-                  onOpen={openSheet}
+                  onOpen={canManageVisits ? openSheet : undefined}
                 />
               ))}
             </div>
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ export function VisitsSection({ enabled = true }: { enabled?: boolean }) {
                 <VisitCard
                   key={encounter.id}
                   encounter={encounter}
-                  onOpen={openSheet}
+                  onOpen={canManageVisits ? openSheet : undefined}
                 />
               ))}
             </div>