Radiological Protection Act
(RPA)

The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may:

a.

sub­ject oth­er activ­it­ies that may in­volve an ion­iz­ing ra­di­ation haz­ard to man­dat­ory li­cens­ing;

b.

ex­empt activ­it­ies spe­cified in Art­icle 28 let­ters a or b from man­dat­ory li­cens­ing if an ion­iz­ing ra­di­ation haz­ard can be ruled out;

c.

spe­cify the con­di­tions un­der which cer­tain types of art­icles, in­stall­a­tions and equip­ment con­tain­ing ra­dio­act­ive sub­stances or cap­able of emit­ting ion­iz­ing ra­di­ation may, after test­ing of the stand­ard mod­el, be gran­ted gen­er­al ap­prov­al or ap­prov­al re­stric­ted to cer­tain ap­plic­a­tions.