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# Epidemics Act (EpidA)

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## Epidemics Act (EpidA)

SR 818.101 — Federal Act of 28 September 2012 on Controlling Communicable Human Diseases (Epidemics Act, EpidA).

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## Preamble

The Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation, on the basis of Articles 40 paragraph 2, 118 paragraph 2 letter b, 119 paragraph 2 and 120 paragraph 2 of the Federal Constitution, and having considered the Federal Council Dispatch dated 3 December 2010, decrees:

SR 101 BBl 2011 311

## Contents

1\. General Provisions and Principles — 8 articles 2. Providing and Exchanging Information — 2 articles 3. Detection and Monitoring — 8 articles 4. Prevention — 11 articles 5. Disease Control — 20 articles 6. Financial Measures — 3 articles 7. Organisation and Procedures — 12 articles 8. Compensation — 8 articles 9. Funding — 4 articles 10. Implementation — 7 articles 11. Criminal Provisions — 3 articles 12. Final Provisions — 4 articles

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