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Doping control
The process that includes test distribution planning, sample collection and handling, laboratory analysis, results management, hearings and appeals.
In-competition
Unless provided otherwise in the rules of an international federation or other anti-doping organisation, an in-competition test is a test where an athlete is selected for testing in connection with a specific competition.
National anti-doping organisation
The entity (or entities) designated by each country as possessing the primary authority and responsibility to adopt and implement anti-doping rules, direct the collection of samples, the management of test results, and the conduct of hearings, all at the national level. If this designation has not been made by the competent public authority(ies), the entity shall be the country’s national Olympic committee or its designee. ASADA is Australia’s national anti-doping organisation.
No advance notice test
A doping control which takes place with no advance warning to the athlete and where the athlete
is continuously chaperoned from the moment of notification through sample provision.
Out-of-competition
Any doping control that is not in-competition.
Registered Testing Pool
The pool of athletes who must provide daily whereabouts information to ASADA.
Register of Findings
A register established under the ASADA Act, and maintained by ASADA under the NAD Scheme,
on which ASADA enters the relevant details and its findings.
World Anti-Doping Code
The Code adopted by the Foundation Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency on 5 March 2003 at Copenhagen as amended from time to time. This document is internationally recognised as the basis for doping control. The Code communicates to stakeholders a standard global response to doping in sport.