Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who dis­closes without au­thor­isa­tion a pro­fes­sion­al secret that has come to his know­ledge in the course of his re­search activ­it­ies in­volving hu­man be­ings in ac­cord­ance with the Hu­man Re­search Act of 30 Septem­ber 2011⁴⁶¹ shall be li­able to a pen­alty in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 321.

² Pro­fes­sion­al secrets may be dis­closed for the pur­pose of re­search in­to hu­man dis­eases and con­cern­ing the struc­ture and func­tion of the hu­man body if the re­quire­ments of Art­icle 34 of the Hu­man Re­search Act of 30 Septem­ber 2011 are met and au­thor­isa­tion for dis­clos­ure has been ob­tained from the re­spons­ible eth­ics com­mit­tee.