Swiss Civil Code

¹ A per­son suf­fer­ing from a men­tal dis­order or men­tal dis­ab­il­ity or ser­i­ous neg­lect (the pa­tient) may be com­mit­ted to an ap­pro­pri­ate in­sti­tu­tion if the re­quired treat­ment or care can­not be provided oth­er­wise.

² The bur­den that the pa­tient places on fam­ily mem­bers and third parties and their pro­tec­tion must be taken in­to ac­count.

³ The pa­tient shall be dis­charged as soon as the re­quire­ments for hos­pit­al­isa­tion no longer are ful­filled.

⁴ The pa­tient or a closely re­lated per­son may re­quest his or her dis­charge at any time. A de­cision must be made on the re­quest im­me­di­ately.