CONTEXT: RECENT NEWS STORIES…
A SPORTS PHYSICIAN’S ROLE …
A SPORTS PHYSICIAN’S ROLE …(cont)
A SPORTS PHYSICIAN’S ROLE …(cont)
THE RELEVANT RULES
• Primary source - WADA regulations
• Secondary sources – international federations; national federations; national anti-doping organisations
“ATHLETE SUPPORT PERSONNEL”
KEY OFFENCES UNDER THE WADA CODE
THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTIONS (TUEs)
• WADA Code permits athletes to apply for Therapeutic Use Exemptions, ie permission to use prohibited substances or methods where documented medical conditions require such use
• Criteria:- Significant impairment to health if substance or method was withheld
- No additional performance enhancement effect other than by returning athlete to normal state of health following treatment of legitimate medial condition
- No reasonable therapeutic alternative to use of prohibited substance or method
- Necessity for use cannot be a consequence of the prior use without a TUE
• Cancellation / expiry
• Retroactivity where emergency or exceptional circumstances
• Application process
POTENTIAL SANCTIONS
MITIGATING SANCTIONS
DEGREE OF FAULT
What about fault on the part of the physician?(See Edwards v IAAF and USATF – athletics)
CASE STUDIES
EXERCISING UTMOST CAUTION
THE FUTURE…
TEN TIPS FOR PHYSICIANS
TEN TIPS FOR PHYSICIANS…
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