Swiss Civil Code

¹ In the ab­sence of the pa­tient's con­sent, the chief phys­i­cian in the de­part­ment may or­der in writ­ing the med­ic­al pro­ced­ures planned in the treat­ment plan if:

1.

fail­ure to carry out the treat­ment could lead to ser­i­ous dam­age to the pa­tient's health or ser­i­ously en­danger the life or the phys­ic­al in­teg­rity of third parties;

2.

the pa­tient is un­able to ex­er­cise judge­ment in re­la­tion to his or her need for treat­ment; and

3.

no ap­pro­pri­ate meas­ure is avail­able that is less in­vas­ive.

² Writ­ten no­tice of the or­der shall be giv­en to the pa­tient and his or her au­thor­ised rep­res­ent­at­ive to­geth­er with in­struc­tions on rights of ap­peal.