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

¹ The com­pet­ent can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies shall or­der meas­ures to pre­vent the spread of com­mu­nic­able dis­eases among the pop­u­la­tion or with­in spe­cif­ic groups of per­sons. They shall co­ordin­ate their meas­ures.

² They may in par­tic­u­lar take the fol­low­ing meas­ures:

a.

pro­hib­it or re­strict events;

b.

close schools, oth­er pub­lic in­sti­tu­tions and private busi­nesses or is­sue reg­u­la­tions on their op­er­a­tion;

c.

re­voke or re­strict the right to enter or leave cer­tain build­ings or areas and to carry out spe­cif­ic activ­it­ies at defined loc­a­tions.

³ The meas­ures may only ap­ply for as long as is ne­ces­sary to pre­vent the spread of a com­mu­nic­able dis­ease. They must be reg­u­larly re­viewed.