diff --git a/src/components/documents/document-record-links.tsx b/src/components/documents/document-record-links.tsx
index 93b4c4509..c3cbd6827 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/document-record-links.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/document-record-links.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
 import type { EncounterDTO, EncounterListDTO } from "@/lib/encounters/dto";
 import type { EncounterKind } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 import type { InboundDocumentDetailDto } from "@/lib/validations/inbound-documents";
+import { visitPath } from "@/lib/encounters/visit-links";
 
 type Translate = ReturnType<typeof useTranslations>["t"];
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export async function fetchEncounterPage(
 
 /** Where a visit opens: its sheet on the checkups page. */
 function visitHref(encounterId: string): string {
-  return `/checkups?visit=${encodeURIComponent(encounterId)}`;
+  return visitPath(encounterId);
 }
 
 /** Where a dose opens: its sheet on the vaccinations page. */
diff --git a/src/components/links/related-records.tsx b/src/components/links/related-records.tsx
index aadcfd923..85ff071f4 100644
--- a/src/components/links/related-records.tsx
+++ b/src/components/links/related-records.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import type { IllnessEpisodeDTO } from "@/lib/illness/dto";
 import type { RelatedLink } from "@/lib/links/related";
 import type { EncounterKind } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 import { translateOrNull } from "@/lib/i18n/translate-code";
+import { visitPath } from "@/lib/encounters/visit-links";
 
 type Translate = ReturnType<typeof useTranslations>["t"];
 type RelatedKind = RelatedLink["kind"];
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ function VisitPicker({ selected, onChange, anchor, known }: PickerProps) {
         label: encounterKindText(t, visit.kind as EncounterKind),
         meta: visit.practitioner?.name ?? null,
         occurredAt: visit.occurredAt,
-        href: `/checkups?visit=${encodeURIComponent(visit.id)}`,
+        href: visitPath(visit.id),
       })),
     anchor,
     {
diff --git a/src/lib/day/records.ts b/src/lib/day/records.ts
index d4794e2a8..b3581cac9 100644
--- a/src/lib/day/records.ts
+++ b/src/lib/day/records.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { resolveCycleDay } from "@/lib/cycle/verdict";
 import { effectiveMoodTz } from "@/lib/mood/date-key";
 import { dateOnlyKey, dayKeyAsUtcMidnight } from "@/lib/tz/date-only";
 import { daysBetweenDateKeys, shiftDateKey, userDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/format";
+import { visitPath } from "@/lib/encounters/visit-links";
 
 /** Everything a section reader needs about the day. */
 export interface DayFrame {
@@ -630,7 +631,7 @@ async function visitsPart(frame: DayFrame): Promise<SectionPart> {
         meta: row.status === "PLANNED" ? "PLANNED" : row.kind,
         note: openText(row.outcomeEncrypted, "visit outcome"),
         docs: docs.get(row.id) ?? [],
-        href: `/checkups?visit=${row.id}`,
+        href: visitPath(row.id),
       }),
     ),
   };
diff --git a/src/lib/day/visit-preparation.ts b/src/lib/day/visit-preparation.ts
index b4f6f67e2..7040dc585 100644
--- a/src/lib/day/visit-preparation.ts
+++ b/src/lib/day/visit-preparation.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { loadUserSourcePriority } from "@/lib/rollups/measurement-read";
 import { dateOnlyKey, dayKeyAsUtcMidnight } from "@/lib/tz/date-only";
 import { daysBetweenDateKeys, shiftDateKey, userDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/format";
 import { startOfLocalDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/local-day";
+import { visitPath } from "@/lib/encounters/visit-links";
 
 /** The window when the record holds no visit the caller may see. */
 export const FALLBACK_WINDOW_DAYS = 90;
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ async function procedureChanges(w: Window): Promise<DayChange[]> {
       kind: "procedure",
       id: row.id,
       title: openText(row.reasonEncrypted, "procedure reason") ?? "",
-      href: `/checkups?visit=${row.id}`,
+      href: visitPath(row.id),
     }),
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/encounters/__tests__/visit-links.test.ts b/src/lib/encounters/__tests__/visit-links.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ff94fee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/encounters/__tests__/visit-links.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { visitPath } from "../visit-links";
+
+describe("visit links", () => {
+  it("opens one visit on the visits tab, never the bare checkups page", () => {
+    expect(visitPath("v1")).toBe("/checkups?visit=v1");
+    expect(visitPath("a b&c")).toBe("/checkups?visit=a%20b%26c");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/encounters/visit-links.ts b/src/lib/encounters/visit-links.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd228a1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/encounters/visit-links.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Where a visit lives in the app, spelled once.
+ *
+ * Visits have no page of their own: they are the second tab of `/checkups`,
+ * beside the preventive-care list that opens by default. The checkups page
+ * opens the visit a `visit` parameter names on the visits tab
+ * (`src/hooks/use-deep-linked-record.ts`).
+ *
+ * Every link to one visit is built here.
+ *
+ * Pure and client-safe: no server imports.
+ */
+
+/** One visit: the visits tab, scrolled to the visit and opened. */
+export function visitPath(id: string): string {
+  return `/checkups?visit=${encodeURIComponent(id)}`;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/links/related.ts b/src/lib/links/related.ts
index 24bd01927..c1fc30bc1 100644
--- a/src/lib/links/related.ts
+++ b/src/lib/links/related.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import type {
   RELATED_KINDS,
   RELATED_VIA,
 } from "@/lib/validations/relation-links";
+import { visitPath } from "@/lib/encounters/visit-links";
 
 export type RelatedKind = (typeof RELATED_KINDS)[number];
 export type RelatedVia = (typeof RELATED_VIA)[number];
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ async function hydrate(
             row.practitioner?.name ??
             row.kind,
           date: iso(row.occurredAt),
-          href: `/checkups?visit=${encodeURIComponent(row.id)}`,
+          href: visitPath(row.id),
         });
       }
       return out;
diff --git a/src/lib/mcp/record-search.ts b/src/lib/mcp/record-search.ts
index 6edfa7102..34aafb724 100644
--- a/src/lib/mcp/record-search.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mcp/record-search.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import {
   queryWords,
   type SearchCandidate,
 } from "@/lib/search/match";
+import { visitPath } from "@/lib/encounters/visit-links";
 
 // ── Bounds ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ export function recordUrl(
   const rid = encodeURIComponent(id);
   switch (kind) {
     case "visit":
-      return `${origin}/checkups?visit=${rid}`;
+      return `${origin}${visitPath(id)}`;
     case "condition":
       return `${origin}/illness/${rid}`;
     case "document":
diff --git a/src/lib/timeline/lanes.ts b/src/lib/timeline/lanes.ts
index f35f91489..73fdb5789 100644
--- a/src/lib/timeline/lanes.ts
+++ b/src/lib/timeline/lanes.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { surfaceModule } from "@/lib/modules/surface";
 import type { ShareDomain } from "@/lib/sharing/scope";
 import { dateOnlyKey } from "@/lib/tz/date-only";
 import { userDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/format";
+import { visitPath } from "@/lib/encounters/visit-links";
 
 /**
  * The sharing domain each lane reads, or `null` for a lane only the record's
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ async function visitsLane(frame: LaneFrame): Promise<LaneRead> {
           r.practitioner?.name ??
           "",
         sub: r.kind,
-        href: `/checkups?visit=${r.id}`,
+        href: visitPath(r.id),
       }),
     ),
     standing: [],