Art. 372 SCC from 2024

Art. 372 C. Loss of capacity of judgement
1 If the patient lacks capacity of judgement and it is not known if there is a patient decree, the attending doctor shall ascertain the position from the health insurance card. The foregoing does not apply to urgent cases.
2 The doctor shall comply with the patient decree unless it violates statutory regulations or there is reasonable doubt that it is based on the patient'"s free will or still corresponds to his or her presumed will.
3 The doctor shall make a note in the patient records of any reasons why the patient decree was not complied with.
Es besteht kein Anspruch auf Aktualität und Vollständigkeit/Richtigkeit.