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

¹ If med­ic­al mon­it­or­ing is in­suf­fi­cient, the fol­low­ing meas­ures may be taken:

a.

a per­son who sus­pec­ted of be­ing ill or sus­pec­ted of be­ing in­fec­ted may be placed in quar­ant­ine;

b.

a per­son who is ill or in­fec­ted or who is spread­ing patho­gens may be placed in isol­a­tion.

² The per­son con­cerned may if ne­ces­sary be ad­mit­ted to a hos­pit­al or an­oth­er suit­able in­sti­tu­tion.

³ The hos­pit­al or the in­sti­tu­tion must en­sure that its staff and oth­er per­sons at risk are pro­tec­ted against in­fec­tion.