Swiss Civil Code

¹If a per­son is com­mit­ted to an in­sti­tu­tion to be treated for a men­tal dis­order, the at­tend­ing doc­tor shall draw up writ­ten treat­ment plan in con­sulta­tion with the pa­tient and if ap­plic­able his or her au­thor­ised rep­res­ent­at­ive.

²The doc­tor shall in­form the pa­tient and the au­thor­ised rep­res­ent­at­ive of all mat­ters rel­ev­ant to the planned med­ic­al pro­ced­ures, and in par­tic­u­lar the reas­ons there­for, their pur­pose, nature, mod­al­it­ies, risks and side ef­fects, of the con­sequences of not un­der­go­ing treat­ment and of any al­tern­at­ive treat­ment op­tions.

³The treat­ment plan shall be giv­en to the pa­tient so that he or she may con­sent. Where the pa­tient is in­cap­able of judge­ment, ac­count must be taken of any pa­tient de­cree.

⁴The treat­ment plan is ad­jus­ted to take ac­count of on­go­ing de­vel­op­ments.