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

¹ A meas­ure in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 33–38 may only be ordered if:

a.

less strin­gent meas­ures to pre­vent the spread of a com­mu­nic­able dis­ease are not suf­fi­cient or ap­pro­pri­ate; and

b.

the meas­ure serves to avert a ser­i­ous risk to the health of oth­er per­sons.

² The meas­ure must be ne­ces­sary and reas­on­able.