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

¹ Each can­ton shall ap­point a chief med­ic­al of­ficer. Can­tons may ap­point a joint chief med­ic­al of­ficer.

² Chief med­ic­al of­ficers shall co­ordin­ate their activ­it­ies with oth­er au­thor­it­ies and in­sti­tu­tions in­volved in con­trolling com­mu­nic­able dis­eases. If a com­mu­nic­able dis­ease arises in con­nec­tion with a food­stuff, the chief med­ic­al of­ficer shall no­ti­fy the can­ton­al chem­ist.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify the re­quired qual­i­fic­a­tions for chief med­ic­al of­ficers.