Swiss Civil Code

¹ Where the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity learns that a per­son is no longer cap­able of judge­ment, but it is un­aware if there is an ad­vance care dir­ect­ive, it shall en­quire at the Civil Re­gister Of­fice.

² If there is an ad­vance care dir­ect­ive, the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity shall veri­fy if:

1.

the dir­ect­ive has been val­idly ex­ecuted;

2.

the re­quire­ments for its ef­fect­ive­ness are met;

3.

the ap­pointee is fit for his or her du­ties; and

4.

if fur­ther adult pro­tec­tion meas­ures are re­quired.

³ If the ap­pointee ac­cepts the ad­vance care dir­ect­ive, the au­thor­ity shall ad­vise him or her of his or her ob­lig­a­tions un­der the pro­vi­sions of the Code of Ob­lig­a­tions⁴⁷⁸ on agency con­tracts and is­sue him or her with a form­al doc­u­ment stat­ing his or her powers.