Swiss Civil Code

¹ Any per­son may no­ti­fy the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity if a per­son ap­pears to be in need of as­sist­ance. The pro­vi­sions on pro­fes­sion­al con­fid­en­ti­al­ity are re­served.

² Any per­son who while act­ing in an of­fi­cial ca­pa­city learns that a per­son needs as­sist­ance and is un­able to provide this as­sist­ance in the con­text of their pro­fes­sion­al activ­it­ies is re­quired to no­ti­fy the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity. The pro­vi­sions on pro­fes­sion­al con­fid­en­ti­al­ity re­main re­served.⁴⁸⁴

³ The can­tons may provide for fur­ther no­ti­fic­a­tion ob­lig­a­tions.⁴⁸⁵