DOPING CONTROLS your rights and your obligations

DOPING CONTROLS your rights and your obligations

WHO IS ENTITLED TO CARRY OUT DOPING CONTROLS and what is the approved procedure? These are legitimate questions indeed and this is why we have put this leaflet together. We want you to know about your rights and obligations in connection with doping controls. We want you to feel safe, knowing that doping controls are carried out in the right manner, should you be selected to participate in one. As a member of a club affiliated to the Swedish Sports Confederation (SSC), and according to its statues, you are obliged to participate in doping controls. This also applies if you participate in competitions or other activities organized or sanctioned by your sports federation. The doping controls can be carried out at any time and anywhere, i.e., also abroad and not directly connected to the performance of sports. They may be performed by officials from the SSC, your international sports federation, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), other anti-doping organisations supported

by the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) or by written agreement A doping control means that you are usually required to submit a sample of urine or blood, or both. However, the rules also admit other matrix, including hair, DNA and genomic profiling. The doping controls are always carried out by authorized doping control officers. The doping control procedure described in this leaflet is subject to the rules of the SSC. It is mainly the same rules that are applied internationally. Safe doping controls are important both for you and for sports. Swedish Sports Confederation Doping Commission

1 Selection and notification The selection of athletes is based on the requirements of the Swedish Doping Commission. The selection can be made in various ways: for example randomly, by finishing position or targeted. When you are notified to a doping control, the notifying official shall identify him-/herself as an authorized doping control officer. You are then obliged to follow his/her instructions. To prove your identity, you are recommended to show an approved document of identification. The officer is required to inform you about your rights and obligations, to ask you to sign the notification form and to give you a copy.

2 Continuous supervision You are obliged to be under continuous supervision by a doping control officer from the moment you are notified until the doping control procedure has been completed. As soon as possible after the notification you shall report to the control station, where your arrival is registered. You have the right to select a representative to accompany you to the control station. At the control station, you are entitled to more detailed information about the procedure.

3 Select a collection container When you are ready to leave a urine sample, you select the collection container yourself. There should be several to choose from. Inspect the packaging to make sure it is intact and also inspect the vessel to make sure it is undamaged and clean.

4 Sample procedure The risk of manipulation will be limited, as you will leave your urine sample under the supervision of a doping control officer of the same sex as yourself. The doping control officer must have a direct observation of the urine leaving your body. You must, where practicable, thoroughly wash your hands prior to the provision of the sample. When you have supplied sufficient volume of urine you shall have the sample under continuous supervision until it has been sealed. Modifications to this routine can be made for minors and athletes with impairments.

5 Select a urine kit Choose a package with two bottles for distribution of your sample. There should be several packages to choose from. Inspect the packaging to make sure it is intact and inspect the bottles to make sure they are undamaged and clean. Finally, also check that the numbers on the package agree with the numbers on the bottles.

6 Distribute the sample You shall yourself distribute the urine between the B and A bottles, according to the instructions of the doping control officer. You shall then seal the bottles. The doping control officer is allowed to handle your sample only when you directly ask him/her for help. The bottle numbers will be recorded in the form.

7 Measuring of urine concentration The doping control officer takes a few drops of urine from the sample collection vessel with a pipette to measure if the urine meet the laboratory requirements for analysis. If the concentration of the urine is too low, you have to leave a new sample until the urine meets the laboratory requirements.

8 Your medication Inform the doping control officer of any medication or supplements that you have taken during the last seven days. The information you provide will be recorded in the form. Your integrity in relation to others present must be respected. You may choose to write it down on a piece of paper, which will be used by the doping control officer for the form.

9 Sign the form Read all information in the form carefully. If you have any comments about how the procedure was carried out, you have the right to get them recorded in the form. When you sign the form, you certify that the information provided by you is true and that you approve the sampling procedure.

10 Save your copy of the form The doping control officer will give you a copy of the form and this marks the end of the doping control procedure. Save this copy, at least till you get the result of the laboratory analysis.

11 Chain of custody When you have left the doping control station, the doping control officer completes the chain-of-custody form. When completed by all parties, it will show how and by whom the samples have been handled on their way from the control station to the laboratory.

12 Transport of samples The sample is packed together with a copy of the chain-of-custody form and the laboratory referral part of the form and transported to the laboratory. The package has a special seal that shall reveal any tampering. The laboratory referral does not contain your name, and it is therefore impossible for laboratory personnel to know whose sample they are analysing. The original form is sent to the SSC.

13 The laboratory analysis The sample will be sent to a WADA accredited or approved laboratory. The laboratory inspects the sample for damages and manipulation during the transport and makes sure that the number on the chain-of-custody form agrees with the number on the sample delivered and in the protocol. The A sample is then analysed. If the A sample contains a prohibited substances, you will have the right to request the analysis of the B sample, at your own expense. In this case you are entitled to be present at the laboratory.

14 The result of the analysis The analysis result will be sent to you from the SSC normally within 4 weeks. Should the sample contain traces of a doping agent, you run the risk of being suspended from all sports. All positive results are investigated by the Doping Commission, who decides if the matter should be reported for disciplinary action. The primary instance of decision on disciplinary actions for all sports is the Doping Panel of the SSC. The decision may be appealed to the Swedish Appeal Panel. You will be given a possibility to express your opinion before each decision.

MORE INFORMATION If you want more information, on doping controls or doping in general, you can visit SSC homepage on www.rf.se/antidoping. Here you will find everything you need to know about doping in Swedish. You can also contact the Anti-Doping Unit of the SSC, e-mail: antidoping@rf.se or your sports federation. SAD JUNE 2015 YMR Safe doping controls are important both for you and for sports. The doping controls are certified in accordance with the World Anti- Doping Code and it s mandatory standards and the quality standard ISO 9001:2008 The Doping Commission Phone: +46-8-699 60 00 E-mail: antidoping@rf.se Homepage: www.rf.se/antidoping