Swiss Civil Code

¹ The fol­low­ing per­sons are en­titled in the fol­low­ing or­der to rep­res­ent the per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment and to grant or re­fuse con­sent to the planned out-pa­tient or in-pa­tient meas­ures:

1.

a per­son ap­poin­ted in a pa­tient de­cree or in an ad­vance care dir­ect­ive;

2.

a deputy with a right to act as rep­res­ent­at­ive in re­la­tion to med­ic­al pro­ced­ures;

3.

any per­son who as a spouse or re­gistered part­ner co­hab­its with the per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment or who reg­u­larly and per­son­ally provides him or her with sup­port;

4.

any per­son who co­hab­its with the per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment and who reg­u­larly and per­son­ally provides him or her with sup­port;

5.

is­sue who reg­u­larly and per­son­ally provide the per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment with sup­port;

6.

the par­ents, if they reg­u­larly and per­son­ally provide the per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment with sup­port;

7.

sib­lings, if they reg­u­larly and per­son­ally provide the per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment with sup­port.

² If more than one per­son has the right to act as the rep­res­ent­at­ive, the doc­tor, act­ing in good faith, may pre­sume that each acts with the agree­ment of the oth­ers.

³ If a pa­tient de­cree con­tains no in­struc­tions, the rep­res­ent­at­ive shall de­cide ac­cord­ing to the pre­sumed wishes and in­terests of the per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment.