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CONTEXT: RECENT NEWS STORIES…. A SPORTS PHYSICIAN’S ROLE …. A SPORTS PHYSICIAN’S ROLE …(cont). A SPORTS PHYSICIAN’S ROLE …(cont). Primary source - WADA regulations. THE RELEVANT RULES. Secondary sources – international federations; national federations; national anti-doping organisations.
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Primary source - WADA regulations THE RELEVANT RULES • Secondary sources – international federations; national federations; national anti-doping organisations
THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTIONS (TUEs) • WADA Code permits athletes to apply for Therapeutic Use Exemptions, ie permission to use prohibited substances or methods where documented medical conditions require such use • Criteria: - Significant impairment to health if substance or method was withheld - No additional performance enhancement effect other than by returning athlete to normal state of health following treatment of legitimate medial condition - No reasonable therapeutic alternative to use of prohibited substance or method - Necessity for use cannot be a consequence of the prior use without a TUE • Cancellation / expiry • Retroactivity where emergency or exceptional circumstances • Application process
DEGREE OF FAULT What about fault on the part of the physician? (See Edwards v IAAF and USATF – athletics)
