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

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion and the can­tons shall take meas­ures to con­trol, re­duce and elim­in­ate the risks of dis­ease trans­mis­sion.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may is­sue the fol­low­ing reg­u­la­tions:

a.

It may re­quire hos­pit­als, clin­ics and oth­er health­care in­sti­tu­tions to de­con­tam­in­ate, dis­in­fect and ster­il­ise their med­ic­al devices.

b.

It may re­quire busi­nesses and event or­gan­isers whose activ­it­ies in­crease the risk of trans­mit­ting the dis­ease to provide pre­ven­tion and in­form­a­tion ma­ter­i­als and com­ply with a spe­cif­ic code of con­duct.

c.

It may re­quire pub­lic health and edu­ca­tion in­sti­tu­tions to of­fer in­form­a­tion on the dangers of com­mu­nic­able dis­eases and ad­vice on their pre­ven­tion and con­trol.

d.

It may re­quire pub­lic and private in­sti­tu­tions that have a spe­cial ob­lig­a­tion to pro­tect the health of people in their care to take suit­able pre­vent­ive meas­ures.

e.

It may make tech­nic­al in­stall­a­tions that can spread com­mu­nic­able dis­eases sub­ject to a re­gis­tra­tion re­quire­ment.