Prefabricated switching device, - wherein the switching device has a housing, - wherein the housing has a first input terminal, via which a first signal to be switched can be sent to the switching device, - wherein the first input terminal is connected to a first output terminal via a first single-channel protected switch and a first signal path, and is connected to at least one second output terminal (8, 9) via the first protected switch and a second signal path (5, 6) switched in parallel to the first signal path, such that a switched signal (A1 to A3) can be emitted to the outside of the switching device in each case via the first and the second output terminals (7 to 9), - wherein arranged inside the housing is a safety-related circuit to which a safety-related shutdown signal can be sent from outside the housing, - wherein when the safety-related shutdown signal is sent, the safety-related circuit controls the first protected switch such that the first protected switch is opened, - wherein arranged inside the housing is a control circuit that is separate from the circuit for controlling the first protected switch, - wherein a first further switch arranged in the first signal path can be controlled by the control circuit independently of the safety-related shutdown signal, - wherein the control circuit is provided to control the first further switch, - wherein the first protected switch is provided for the protected shutdown of the first and of the second output terminals (7 to 9), in particular of a drive that can be connected to the output terminals (7 to 9), - wherein the first further switch is provided for the operationally unprotected shutdown of at least one of the output terminals (7 to 9), in particular of a drive that can be connected to at least one of the output terminals (7 to 9), and - wherein the prefabricated switching device is designed as a switching device prefabricated in particular by the first protected switch, by the further switch, by the circuit and the control circuit, wherein the first protected switch, the further switch, the circuit and the control circuit are arranged inside the housing. - wherein the switching device has a housing, - wherein the housing has a first input terminal, via which a first signal to be switched can be sent to the switching device, - wherein the first input terminal is connected to a first output terminal via a first single-channel protected switch and a first signal path, and is connected to at least one second output terminal (8, 9) via the first protected switch and a second signal path (5, 6) switched in parallel to the first signal path, such that a switched signal (A1 to A3) can be emitted to the outside of the switching device in each case via the first and the second output terminals (7 to 9), - wherein arranged inside the housing is a safety-related circuit to which a safety-related shutdown signal can be sent from outside the housing, - wherein when the safety-related shutdown signal is sent, the safety-related circuit controls the first protected switch such that the first protected switch is opened, - wherein arranged inside the housing is a control circuit that is separate from the circuit for controlling the first protected switch, - wherein a first further switch arranged in the first signal path can be controlled by the control circuit independently of the safety-related shutdown signal, - wherein the control circuit is provided to control the first further switch, - wherein the first protected switch is provided for the protected shutdown of the first and of the second output terminals (7 to 9), in particular of a drive that can be connected to the output terminals (7 to 9), - wherein the first further switch is provided for the operationally unprotected shutdown of at least one of the output terminals (7 to 9), in particular of a drive that can be connected to at least one of the output terminals (7 to 9), and - wherein the prefabricated switching device is designed as a switching device prefabricated in particular by the first protected switch, by the further switch, by the circuit and the control circuit, wherein the first protected switch, the further switch, the circuit and the control circuit are arranged inside the housing.