Copayment.

(a)

Copayment as used in these regulations refers to a specified amount of money which a beneficiary must expend for an outpatient visit to or by a provider, for each prescribed drug and for nonemergency services received in an emergency room as set forth in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14134.

(b)

A visit means all services provided on one occasion by one provider and billed on one claim.

(c)

A drug prescription means a written instruction by a physician for the preparation and dispensing of a medicine.

(d)

Perinatal care means services received during the full period of getation and the first month following birth.