Federal Act
on Controlling Communicable Human Diseases
(Epidemics Act, EpidA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall en­sure that the pop­u­la­tion is sup­plied with the most im­port­ant thera­peut­ic products that are suit­able for con­trolling com­mu­nic­able dis­eases, in­so­far as it is un­able to guar­an­tee sup­ply by means of meas­ures un­der the Na­tion­al Eco­nom­ic Sup­ply Act of 8 Oc­to­ber 1982⁷.

² It may is­sue reg­u­la­tions on:

a.

al­loc­at­ing thera­peut­ic products;

b.

dis­trib­ut­ing thera­peut­ic products;

c.

fa­cil­it­at­ing the im­port and re­strict­ing or pro­hib­it­ing the ex­port of thera­peut­ic products, provided this is ne­ces­sary in or­der to avert a pub­lic health risk;

d.

main­tain­ing stocks of thera­peut­ic products in hos­pit­als and oth­er health­care in­sti­tu­tions.

³ It may provide for meas­ures to sup­ply Swiss cit­izens liv­ing abroad with thera­peut­ic products.