WATER POLO AUSTRALIA ANTI-DOPING POLICY Effective

Water Polo Australia – Anti-‐Doping Policy WATER POLO AUSTRALIA ANTI-DOPING POLICY Effective from 1/1/2015 22 November 2014 - Z:\AWPI\2015 WPA\Operations\Policies & Procedures 1 Water Polo Australia – Anti-‐Doping Policy INTERPRETATION This Anti-Doping Policy takes effect on 1 January 2015. In this Anti-Doping Policy, references to Sporting administration body should be read as references to Water Polo Australia Limited. Water Polo Australia Limited’s international federation is the Fédération Internationale de Natation 1. WARNING TO ATHLETES AND ATHLETE SUPPORT PERSONNEL §. You are responsible for knowing what the anti-doping rule violations are. §. You must find out which substances and methods are prohibited. §. Ignorance is no excuse. §. You must be aware of the rules in this Anti-Doping Policy. §. This Anti-Doping Policy adopts the strict liability principle. §. Athletes are responsible for anything found in their system. §. You must be aware of the sanctions that could be applied to you in this Anti-Doping Policy. 1 Defined terms are in italics and capitalised. Other words will have either the definition provided for by the WADA Code, or if they are not defined they will have their plain English meaning, 22 November 2014 - Z:\AWPI\2015 WPA\Operations\Policies & Procedures 2 Water Polo Australia – Anti-‐Doping Policy CONTENTS Preface ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Fundamental rationale for the Code and the sporting administration body‟s anti -doping policy ................................................................................................................................................... 9 The National Anti-Doping Programme .......................................................................................... 10 The Sporting administration body objectives .............................................................................. 10 Scope of this Anti-Doping Policy .................................................................................................... 10 ARTICLE 1 APPLICATION OF ANTI-DOPING POLICY ....................................................................... 11 1.1 Application of the anti-doping policy ..................................................................................... 11 1.2 Application to the Sporting administration body ................................................................. 11 1.3 Application to Persons ............................................................................................................. 12 ARTICLE 2 DEFINITION OF DOPING - ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS ...................................... 14 2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete‟s Sample .............................................................................................................................................. 14 2.2 Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method15 2.3 Evading, refusing or failing to submit to Sample Collection .............................................. 16 2.4 Whereabouts failures .............................................................................................................. 16 2.5 Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any part of Doping Control .............................. 16 2.6 Possession of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method ........................................ 16 2.7 Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method ... .............................................................................................................................................. 17 2.8 Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete In-Competition of any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, or Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete Out-of-Competition of any Prohibited Substance or any Prohibited Method that is prohibited Out-of-Competition .................................................................................................. 17 2.9 Complicity .................................................................................................................................. 17 2.10 Prohibited Association…………………………………………………………………………………………….17 ARTICLE 3 PROOF OF DOPING .......................................................................................................... 19 3.1 Burdens and standards of proof ............................................................................................ 19 3.2 Methods of establishing facts and presumptions ............................................................... 19 22 November 2014 - Z:\AWPI\2015 WPA\Operations\Policies & Procedures 3 Water Polo Australia – Anti-‐Doping Policy ARTICLE 4 THE PROHIBITED LIST ..................................................................................................... 22 4.1 Incorporation, Publication and Revision of the Prohibited List ......................................... 22 4.2 Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods Identified on the Prohibited List ......... 22 4.3 WADA’s determination of the Prohibited List ...................................................................... 23 4.4 Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) ...................................................................................... 23 ARTICLE 5 TESTING AND INVESTIGATIONS ..................................................................................... 26 5.1 Purpose of Testing and investigations .................................................................................. 26 5.2 Authority to conduct Testing ................................................................................................... 27 5.3 Event Testing ............................................................................................................................. 28 5.4 Athlete whereabouts information .......................................................................................... 28 5.5 Retired Athletes returning to competition ............................................................................ 31 ARTICLE 6 ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES .................................................................................................. 32 6.1 Use of accredited and approved laboratories ...................................................................... 32 6.2 Purpose of analysis of samples ............................................................................................. 32 6.3 Research on Samples .............................................................................................................. 32 6.4 Standards for Sample analysis and reporting ...................................................................... 32 6.5 Further analysis of samples ................................................................................................... 33 ARTICLE 6A NON-ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION PROCESS .............................................................. 34 6A.1Obligation on Persons ............................................................................................................. 34 6A.2Roles and responsibilities of other parties .......................................................................... 34 ARTICLE 7 RESULTS MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 36 7.1 Responsibility for conducting results management ........................................................... 36 7.2 Review regarding Adverse Analytical Findings .................................................................... 36 7.3 Notification after review regarding Adverse Analytical Findings ....................................... 37 7.4 Review of Atypical Findings .................................................................................................... 38 7.5 Review of Atypical Passport Findings and Adverse Passport Findings ............................ 40 7.6 Review of whereabouts failures ............................................................................................. 40 7.7 Review of other anti-doping rule violations not covered by Articles7.2 to7.6 ................. 40 7.8 Identification of prior Anti-Doping Rule Violations .............................................................. 40 7.9 Provisional Suspensions .......................................................................................................... 40 22 November 2014 - Z:\AWPI\2015 WPA\Operations\Policies & Procedures 4 Water Polo Australia – Anti-‐Doping Policy 7.9.1 Mandatory Provisional Suspension ............................................................................... 41 7.9.2 Optional Provisional Suspension ................................................................................... 42 7.9 A Infraction Notices ................................................................................................................... 42 7.10 Resolution without a hearing ................................................................................................ 43 7.11 Notification of results management decisions .................................................................. 44 7.12 Retirement from sport ........................................................................................................... 44 ARTICLE 8 RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING ...........................................................................................

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