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

¹ Any per­son who is ill, sus­pec­ted of be­ing ill, in­fec­ted or sus­pec­ted of be­ing in­fec­ted or who is spread­ing patho­gens may be wholly or partly pro­hib­ited from car­ry­ing out cer­tain activ­it­ies or prac­tising their pro­fes­sion. They may be re­quired to give no­tice of any change in their can­ton of res­id­ence, their activ­ity or pro­fes­sion to the com­pet­ent can­ton­al au­thor­ity without delay.

² If a per­son is wholly or partly pro­hib­ited from car­ry­ing out cer­tain activ­it­ies or from prac­tising their pro­fes­sion and if they have been re­quired to give no­tice of a change in their can­ton of res­id­ence, their activ­ity or pro­fes­sion, the com­pet­ent can­ton­al au­thor­ity shall no­ti­fy the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity in the can­ton con­cerned about the pro­hib­i­tion or re­stric­tion.