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

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall su­per­vise the im­ple­ment­a­tion of this Act by the can­tons.

² It shall co­ordin­ate the im­ple­ment­ing meas­ures taken by the can­tons, in­so­far as there is an in­terest in uni­form im­ple­ment­a­tion.

³ It may for this pur­pose:

a.

spe­cify the meas­ures that the can­tons must take to achieve uni­form im­ple­ment­a­tion;

b.

in­struct the can­tons to take spe­cif­ic im­ple­ment­ing meas­ures in re­sponse to risks to pub­lic health;

c.

re­quire the can­tons to in­form the Con­fed­er­a­tion about im­ple­ment­ing meas­ures;

d.

spe­cify the re­quire­ments the can­tons must meet in their pre­par­at­ory and emer­gency plans.