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

¹ Em­ploy­ees shall no­ti­fy the pro­sec­u­tion au­thor­it­ies, their su­per­i­ors, the Agency Coun­cil or the Swiss Fed­er­al Audit Of­fice of any felony or mis­de­mean­our which they have dis­covered or has been re­por­ted to them in the course of their of­fi­cial du­ties.

² The ob­lig­a­tions to no­ti­fy arising from oth­er fed­er­al acts are re­served.

³ The ob­lig­a­tion to no­ti­fy does not ap­ply to per­sons en­titled to re­fuse to testi­fy or give evid­ence un­der Art­icles 113 para­graph 1, 168 and 169 of the Crim­in­al Pro­ced­ure Code²⁰⁹.

⁴ Em­ploy­ees are en­titled to re­port to their su­per­i­ors, the Agency Coun­cil or the Swiss Fed­er­al Audit Of­fice any oth­er ir­reg­u­lar­it­ies dis­covered or re­por­ted to them in the course of their of­fi­cial du­ties.

⁵ Any per­son who has sub­mit­ted a no­ti­fic­a­tion or a re­port in good faith or who has test­i­fied as a wit­ness may not be dis­ad­vant­aged in their pro­fes­sion­al status as a con­sequence.