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NCAA DRUG-TESTING PROGRAM | 2021-22 BANNED SUBSTANCES: NCAA NUTRITIONAL/DIETARY • Stimulants • Cannabinoids SUPPLEMENTS WARNING: • Anabolic Agents • Peptide Hormones, • Nutritional/dietary supplements, including vitamins and • Alcohol and Beta Growth Factors, Blockers Related Substances and minerals, are not well regulated and may cause a positive (banned for rifle only) Mimetics drug test result. • Diuretics/ • Hormone and Masking Agents Metabolic Modulators • Student-athletes have tested positive and lost their eligibility using nutritional/dietary supplements. • Narcotics • Beta-2 Agonists Go to ncaa.org/drugtesting • Many nutritional/dietary supplements are contaminated for examples* under each class. with banned drugs not listed on the label. *Any substance that is chemically/ • Any product containing a nutritional/dietary supplement pharmacologically related to any of the classes above, even if it is not listed as an example, also ingredient is taken at your own risk! is banned! QUESTIONS ABOUT MEDICINES AND SUPPLEMENTS? 816-474-7321 or dfsaxis.com (password ncaa1, ncaa2 or ncaa3) Contents Chapter I — NCAA Banned Substances ....................................................................................................... 2 Chapter II — Medical Exceptions Procedures ............................................................................................ 3 Chapter III — Drug Education Guidelines .................................................................................................... 4 Chapter IV — NCAA Drug-Testing Program ............................................................................................... 6 1. Banned Substances ............................................................................................................................... 7 2. Drug-Testing Administration ............................................................................................................. 7 3. Causes for Loss of Eligibility ............................................................................................................. 7 4. Drug-Testing Selections ...................................................................................................................... 8 5. Drug-Testing Notifications ................................................................................................................. 9 6. Specimen Collection Procedures......................................................................................................11 7. Chain of Custody ..................................................................................................................................13 8. Laboratory Procedures, Notification of Results and Appeal Process ......................................13 9. Restoration of Eligibility ....................................................................................................................15 Chapter V — Institutional Drug Testing......................................................................................................16 Article 10.2 — Knowledge of Use of Banned Substances .......................................................................16 © Copyright 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Editor: LaGwyn Durden, Director of Sports Medicine, NCAA Sport Science Institute This resource is designed for athletics department staff at NCAA member schools with student-athlete drug-testing responsibilities. The Drug-Testing Program is reviewed annually by the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports. NCAA and SSI are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. All other licenses or trademarks are property of their respective holders. CHAPTER I 2021-22 NCAA Banned Substances Highlighted text throughout the document indicates NCAA Nutritional/Dietary further clarification or new information. Supplements The NCAA bans the following Warning: Before consuming any nutritional/dietary classes of substances: supplement product, review the product and its label with your athletics department staff! a. Stimulants b. Anabolic agents • Nutritional/dietary supplements, including vitamins c. Alcohol and beta blockers (banned for rifle only) and minerals, are not well regulated and may cause a d. Diuretics and other masking agents positive drug test. e. Narcotics • Student-athletes have tested positive and lost their f. Cannabinoids eligibility using nutritional/dietary supplements. g. Peptide hormones, growth factors, related • Many nutritional/dietary supplements are substances and mimetics contaminated with banned drugs not listed on the label. h. Hormone and metabolic modulators • Any product containing a nutritional/dietary i. Beta-2 agonists supplement ingredient is taken at your own risk. NOTE: Any substance that is chemically/ Athletics department staff should provide guidance pharmacologically related to these classes also is to student-athletes about supplement use, banned. The institution and the student-athlete shall including a directive to have any product checked be held accountable for all drugs within the banned- by qualified staff members before consuming. The substance class regardless of whether they have been NCAA subscribes only to Drug Free Sport AXIS™ specifically identified. Examples of substances under for authoritative review of label ingredients in each class can be found at ncaa.org/drugtesting. medications and nutritional/dietary supplements. There is no complete list of banned substances. Contact Drug Free Sport AXIS at 816-474-7321 or Substances and Methods Subject dfsaxis.com (password ncaa1, ncaa2 or ncaa3). to Restrictions: • Blood and gene doping. • Local anesthetics (permitted under some conditions). • Manipulation of urine samples. • Tampering of urine samples. • Beta-2 agonists (permitted only by inhalation with prescription). Many nutritional/dietary supplements are contaminated with banned drugs not listed on the label. 2 2021-22 | NCAA DRUG-TESTING PROGRAM CHAPTER II Medical Exceptions Procedures The NCAA recognizes that some banned substances contain information as to the diagnosis (including are used for legitimate medical purposes. Accordingly, appropriate verification of the diagnosis), medical the NCAA allows exceptions to be made for those history, dosage and a prescription covering the date student-athletes with a documented medical history of the positive drug test. demonstrating the need for treatment with the NOTE for ADHD: To request a medical exception banned substance. request for a positive test involving stimulant medication to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Exceptions may be granted for Disorder, the NCAA requires the documentation be the following classes of banned accompanied by the form, “NCAA Medical Exception substances: Documentation Reporting Form to Support the Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder • Stimulants and Treatment with Banned Stimulant Medication,” • Anabolic agents located at ncaa.org/drugtesting. • Beta blockers 4. The institution may request an exception at the • Diuretics time of notification of the positive drug test (“A” • Narcotics sample) by submitting documentation to Drug Free • Peptide hormones, growth factors, related Sport International (Drug Free Sport)™. substances and mimetics NOTE: If the institution fails to provide medical • Hormone and metabolic modulators documentation (including a prescription that covers • Beta-2 agonists the test date) to Drug Free Sport before the “B” No medical exception review is available for sample is reported as positive to the institution, the substances in the class of cannabinoids. student-athlete will be withheld from competition until such time that the documentation is received Procedures for Requesting and reviewed, and the medical exception granted. a Medical Exception 5. Requests for exceptions will be reviewed by 1. If alternative non-banned medications for the the medical panel of the NCAA Committee on treatment of a medical condition exists, they should Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of be considered before an exception is pursued. Sports. If additional documentation is required, the 2. For the use of anabolic agents, hormone and institution must provide the additional document metabolic modulators, or peptide hormones, growth within 90 days of the request. factors or related substances and mimetics, the 6. The NCAA will inform the director of athletics institution must seek a medical exception pre- regarding the outcome of the exception request. In the approval by the NCAA before the student-athlete event the exception connected to a positive test result is allowed to participate in competition while taking is not granted, the institution may appeal this action these medications. The institution should submit to according to section 8.0 of the drug-testing protocol. the NCAA the approval form (located at ncaa.org/ drugtesting) along with medical documentation Additional information regarding medical exceptions from the prescribing physician supporting the procedures, including for stimulant medications for diagnosis and treatment. (Contact [email protected].) ADHD, can be found at ncaa.org/drugtesting. 3. For the use of a substance in the classes of stimulants, narcotics, diuretics, beta blockers or beta-2 agonists, the institution should maintain documentation that supports the use of the There is no medical exception available for medication in the student-athlete's medical substances in the cannabinoids