Federal Act
on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices
(Therapeutic Products Act, TPA)

¹ For the pro­tec­tion of health, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may, for cer­tain med­ic­al devices:

a.

make pro­vi­sion that they can only be dis­pensed on a med­ic­al pre­scrip­tion;

b.

lay down the ne­ces­sary tech­nic­al and op­er­a­tion­al con­di­tions or a man­dat­ory no­ti­fic­a­tion for their dis­pens­ing and use;

c.

at­tach to the dis­pens­ing of products the con­di­tion that the devices con­cerned must be trace­able between their man­u­fac­ture and their use and vice versa.

² Art­icle 26 ap­plies by ana­logy to med­ic­al devices.¹¹⁹