Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the pharmacists had standing to challenge the ordinance amendment under constitutional complaint.
Decisione estratta
Yes. The cantonal rule on physician dispensing, read together with Art. 37(3) KVG, protected pharmacies in Zurich and Winterthur; the appellants were directly or virtually affected.
Motivazione estratta
The Court departed from its earlier view and held that the statutory ban on self-dispensation in Zurich and Winterthur functioned as a protection norm for local pharmacies. Art. 37(3) KVG expresses the federally intended division of tasks between pharmacies and physicians and supports that reading.