Key legal question
Whether the conviction for advertising by pharmacists had a valid legal basis under cantonal law and the legality principle.
Extracted holding
The conviction could not stand because the cantonal statute did not authorize a sufficiently clear delegation to soften the advertising ban, and the regulation exceeded the law.
Extracted reasoning
Article 91 LSan clearly bans advertising for health professionals, but its exceptions are limited to objective information about opening hours, specializations, authorizations, cessation, relocation, absences, or closure. The executive had no sufficient delegation to allow price advertising. The challenged regulation was only admissible insofar as it defined advertising and confirmed the ban on commercial publicity; it was unlawful to the extent it permitted price advertising.