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Anti-Doping Rules: World Anti-Doping Code

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) coordinates the international anti-doping framework, known as the World Anti-Doping Code (the Code). The Code helps increase commitment, consistency and co-ordination by all anti-doping stakeholders.

The key issues addressed by the Code are:

• Harmonising anti-doping rules across sport to help create a level international playing field
• A single list of prohibited substances
• Recognition of the therapeutic use of prohibited substances
• Standard two year suspension for a first serious violation, with the flexibility to take into account exceptional circumstances
• Athletes responsible to provide whereabouts information.

• Upholds 'strict liability' policy, whereby athletes are responsible for any prohibited substance in their body regardless of how it got there.

• Substances placed on prohibited list if meeting two of three criteria: enhance performance, pose health risks or violate the 'spirit of sport'.
• Recognition of legitimate therapeutic use in line with the international standard for the process of granting therapeutic use exemptions.

• Minimum four year bans for trafficking in prohibited substances. Significant penalties apply to athlete support personnel, including a life ban.

 

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