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The rights and responsibilities set out below are applicable to athletes subject to doping control (testing) by ASADA and support persons.
These rights and responsibilities may differ if doping control is conducted by another anti-doping authority (that is, other than ASADA).
Athletes have the right to:
ASADA advises athletes who have a concern with the sample collection process to record their concerns on the Doping Control Test Form and notify their relevant sporting organisation in writing as soon as practicable after completion of the sample collection.
Athletes have the responsibility to ensure that:
*sanctions may be applied by the relevant sporting federation(s) if an athlete does not comply with a request to provide a sample or otherwise interferes with the doping control process.
Support persons are responsible for:
Athletes must follow the retirement and reinstatement procedures set out in their National Sporting Organisation (NSO) anti-doping policy.
Athletes must advise the relevant parties (ASADA and/or NSO) of their decision to retire immediately. Doing so ensures it is no longer compulsory to comply with some anti-doping requirements, such as sample collection or the provision of whereabouts information.
An athlete notified for doping control that claims to have retired will be required to complete the sample collection process if ASADA has not been appropriately notified, or alternatively received the written notification of retirement from the relevant NSO.
Failure to comply with the request to provide a sample could result in an anti-doping rule violation.
An athlete wanting to be reinstated into their sport must follow the procedure outlined in their NSO’s anti-doping policy.
Each NSO reinstatement procedure specifies a timeframe from the reinstatement date until an athlete is able to compete in an NSO-sanctioned event.
During this time the athlete must be available for out-of-competition sample collection in accordance with the NSO anti-doping policy.
Any athlete in an International Federation Registered Testing Pool will also be subject to that federation's retirement and reinstatement requirements.
This page last updated Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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