Art. 16b Transmission in electronic form 20
1 The Federal Office may request doctors who wish to transmit the data electronically that they register with a recognised platform for the secure service in accordance with Article 2 the Ordinance of 18 June 201021 on Electronic Service in Civil and Criminal Proceedings and Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Procedures. 2 The doctors shall use the electronic form provided by the Federal Office on its website, on the secure service platform or by post. 3 The form must bear a qualified electronic signature in accordance with Article 2 of the Federal Act of 18 March 201622 on Electronic Signatures.23 4 A certified electronic signature is not required if identification of the sender and the integrity of the transmission is guaranteed in some other suitable way. 5 The result of the medical examinations is transmitted to the Federal Office in PDF/A format. 6 The doctors shall send documents that are not electronically transmitted by registered post or by private courier to the Federal Office. 7 The electronic files shall be transmitted to the electronic postal address of the Federal Office and encrypted using its public key. 8 Registration with the secure service platform is deemed to be consent to the Federal Office serving documents electronically. Consent may be revoked at any time. 9 The principles relating to the detection and rectification of defects in forms transmitted on paper (Art. 16a para. 2) apply mutatis mutandis. 20 Inserted by No I of the O of 31 Oct. 2012, in force since 1 Jan. 2013 (AS 20126097). 21 SR 272.1 22 SR 943.03 23 Amended by Annex No II 8 of the O of 23 Nov. 2016 on Electronic Signatures, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 4667). |