Rules & Regulations

WADA Code and International Standards ›

The six International Standards that complement the WADA Code and need to be followed by all the signatories are the following:

• Prohibited List
• Testing and Investigation
• Laboratories
• Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)
• Protection of Privacy and Personal Information
• Code Compliance by Signatories

Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) ›

An Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) is when an Athlete or Athlete Support Person commits a doping offence and subsequently there are consequences or sanctions to that person.

WADA defines the following ten Anti-Doping Rule Violations:

1. Presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete’s sample
2. Use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method
3. Evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection
4. Whereabouts failures (any combination of three missed tests and/or filing failures within a 12-month period by an athlete)
5. Tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control
6. Possession of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method
7. Trafficking or attempted trafficking in any prohibited substance or prohibited method
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.
9. Complicity (assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity involving an Anti-Doping Rule Violation)
10. Prohibited Association