diff --git a/packages/openchs-android/package.json b/packages/openchs-android/package.json
index 5a3348059..5dc3674f1 100644
--- a/packages/openchs-android/package.json
+++ b/packages/openchs-android/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "moment": "2.29.4",
     "native-base": "3.4.9",
-    "openchs-models": "1.31.11",
+    "openchs-models": "1.31.12",
     "prop-types": "15.8.1",
     "react": "18.2.0",
     "react-native": "0.72.3",
diff --git a/packages/openchs-android/src/action/program/ProgramEncounterCancelState.js b/packages/openchs-android/src/action/program/ProgramEncounterCancelState.js
index 66bde03ec..78311898f 100644
--- a/packages/openchs-android/src/action/program/ProgramEncounterCancelState.js
+++ b/packages/openchs-android/src/action/program/ProgramEncounterCancelState.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ProgramEncounterCancelState extends AbstractDataEntryState {
     }
 
     getNextScheduledVisits(ruleService, context) {
-        const nextScheduledVisits =  ruleService.getNextScheduledVisits(this.getEntity(), this.getEntityType());
+        const nextScheduledVisits =  ruleService.getNextScheduledVisits(this.getEntity(), this.getEntityType()).filter((x) => this.isAlreadyScheduled(this.programEncounter.programEnrolment, x));
         return context.get(IndividualService).validateAndInjectOtherSubjectForScheduledVisit(this.getEntity().individual, nextScheduledVisits);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/openchs-android/src/state/AbstractDataEntryState.js b/packages/openchs-android/src/state/AbstractDataEntryState.js
index 183f05e04..85cccd08e 100644
--- a/packages/openchs-android/src/state/AbstractDataEntryState.js
+++ b/packages/openchs-android/src/state/AbstractDataEntryState.js
@@ -350,6 +350,15 @@ class AbstractDataEntryState {
     getEntityResultSetByType(context) {
         return []
     }
+
+    isAlreadyScheduled(programEnrolment, newlyScheduledEncounter) {
+        //paranoid code
+        if (_.isNil(programEnrolment) || _.isNil(programEnrolment.everScheduledEncountersOfType)) return false;
+
+        return _.some(programEnrolment.everScheduledEncountersOfType(newlyScheduledEncounter.encounterType), (alreadyScheduledEncounter) => {
+            return General.datesAreSame(newlyScheduledEncounter.earliestDate, alreadyScheduledEncounter.earliestVisitDateTime) && General.datesAreSame(newlyScheduledEncounter.maxDate, alreadyScheduledEncounter.maxVisitDateTime) && newlyScheduledEncounter.name === alreadyScheduledEncounter.name;
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 export default AbstractDataEntryState;
diff --git a/packages/openchs-android/src/state/ProgramEncounterState.js b/packages/openchs-android/src/state/ProgramEncounterState.js
index bc35a7150..71c785350 100644
--- a/packages/openchs-android/src/state/ProgramEncounterState.js
+++ b/packages/openchs-android/src/state/ProgramEncounterState.js
@@ -105,11 +105,7 @@ class ProgramEncounterState extends AbstractDataEntryState {
 
     getNextScheduledVisits(ruleService, context) {
         const nextScheduledVisits = ruleService.getNextScheduledVisits(this.programEncounter, ProgramEncounter.schema.name, [])
-            .filter((x) => {
-                return !_.some(this.programEncounter.programEnrolment.everScheduledEncountersOfType(x.encounterType), (y) => {
-                    return General.datesAreSame(x.earliestDate, y.earliestVisitDateTime) && General.datesAreSame(x.maxDate, y.maxVisitDateTime) && x.name === y.name;
-                });
-            })
+            .filter((x) => !this.isAlreadyScheduled(this.programEncounter.programEnrolment, x))
             .map(k => _.assignIn({}, k));
         return context.get(IndividualService).validateAndInjectOtherSubjectForScheduledVisit(this.programEncounter.individual, nextScheduledVisits);
     }
diff --git a/packages/openchs-android/src/state/ProgramEnrolmentState.js b/packages/openchs-android/src/state/ProgramEnrolmentState.js
index 382404d56..57a24bbd8 100644
--- a/packages/openchs-android/src/state/ProgramEnrolmentState.js
+++ b/packages/openchs-android/src/state/ProgramEnrolmentState.js
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ class ProgramEnrolmentState extends AbstractDataEntryState {
 
     getNextScheduledVisits(ruleService, context) {
         if (this.usage === ProgramEnrolmentState.UsageKeys.Enrol) {
-            const nextScheduledVisits = ruleService.getNextScheduledVisits(this.enrolment, ProgramEnrolment.schema.name, []);
+            const nextScheduledVisits = ruleService.getNextScheduledVisits(this.enrolment, ProgramEnrolment.schema.name, [])
+                .filter((x) => !this.isAlreadyScheduled(this.enrolment, x));
             return context.get(IndividualService).validateAndInjectOtherSubjectForScheduledVisit(this.enrolment.individual, nextScheduledVisits);
         } else {
             return null;
         }
-
     }
 
     static isInitialised(programEnrolmentState) {