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

¹ If or­gan­isms oc­cur that can trans­mit patho­gens to hu­man be­ings, the com­pet­ent fed­er­al and can­ton­al bod­ies shall co­ordin­ate any meas­ures re­quired to con­trol such or­gan­isms or to pre­vent their oc­cur­rence.

² Com­pan­ies that trans­port per­sons by rail, bus, ship or air, air­port op­er­at­ors, port op­er­at­ors, rail­way and bus sta­tions and travel busi­nesses are re­quired to co­oper­ate in car­ry­ing out these meas­ures.