Legal Requirements
This is where you find all the neccessary information relating to legal requirements in laser medicine.
All documents are only available in German, French or Italian!
Fact sheet V-NISSG: Use of products for cosmetic purposes
The Federal Office of Public Health (Bundesamt für Gesundheit, BAG) has compiled the information on the new federal law NISSG into a single leaflet.
Fact sheet DE Fact sheet FR Fact sheet IT
Maintenance
For the maintenance of equipment, the Medical Device Ordinance provides more detailed information on service intervals for devices. Art. 20 para. 2 MepV shows that the distributor decides when and how often the maintenance is to be carried out. Publications
Data collection on laser applications by non-physicians
The SGML would like to support the work of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) with a data collection on the topic of “laser applications by non-physicians”. For this reason, we would like to ask for your help: report cases of laser applications by laymen by filling in the form below. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Legal Requirements in Laser Medicine
Excerpt from the lecture by Nora Lipp at the National Laser Congress 2014. Published in the “Swiss Journal of Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine” (SZD)
Legal Requirements in Laser Medicine
Expert Opinion on insurance-covered treatments Dr. Peter H. Bloch MD
Since 1 January 2026, physicians in Switzerland bill under TARDOC and the outpatient flat rates; the previous TarMed tariff no longer applies. The earlier SGML statement on the refusal to reimburse CO2 laser treatment of warts referred to TarMed and is therefore outdated. The authoritative sources today are the OAAT tariff browser and the information provided by your own specialist society. An updated SGML assessment of billing laser services under TARDOC will follow.
read more “The Federal Supreme Court ruled in 2003 (BGE 129 V 167) regarding the “Krankenpflege-Leistungsverordnung (KLV, Ordinance on treatments covered by health insurance)” is neither a positive nor a negative list. Appendix 1 of the KLV contains only those types of treatments that have been reviewed by the Commission that are covered by health insurance, not covered by insurance or only covered in certain cases. In the case of treatments that have not been the subject to a review, the presumption that the medical treatment must comply with the principles of scientifically proven efficacy, efficiency and suitability, and thus must be covered by the compulsory health insurance, is valid.
In Appendix 1 KLV, four indications of dermatological laser therapy are listed, two are covered by insurance (nevus teleangiectaticus, condylomata acuminata) and two are not covered by insurance (acne scars, keloid). On April 20, 2012, the FOPH confirmed that the Commission had never dealt with the other indications (such as CO2 laser treatment of actinic precancerous lesions), thus assuming that the WZW criteria are met. It is understood, of course, that the cases must be a medical treatment, and not a treatment with a cosmetic objective.
Accordingly, all dermatological laser therapies not explicitly mentioned in the CLV – such as e.g. Hemangioma, primary (also spider veins) and secondary telangiectasias, venous lake, angiofibroma / angiokeratoms, pyogenic granuloma, Osler’s disease, Ota’s disease, dirt tattoos, tattoo radiotherapy, erythroplasia Queyrat / Bowen, actinic cheilitis, precancerous lesions, skin adnexal tumors: syringomas, adenoma sebaceum, Therapy-resistant warts, condylomata acuminata, nail matrix excision / nail matrix destruction – are to be reimbursed by the cost carrier. “
Health Insurance Letter Templates
Die SGML hat für Sie einige Dokumente bzgl. Kostengutsprache, Vorlagen einer Verfügung sowie Einsprache erstellt:
For Doctors
Insurance Cost Approval Forms Appeal against Provisions Request an injunction
For Patients
Insurance Cost Approval Forms Appeal against Provisions Request an injunction
SUVA
SUVA information leaflet on laser safety – The publication of the Swiss Accident Insurance helps you to quickly familiarize yourself with the complex matter of laser safety.
Federal Office of Public Health (BAG)
Position Papers
Position paper of the SGDV on IPL Application in medicine and cosmetics – In this position paper, the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology (SGDV) warns against the improper use of IPL technology.