The Anti-doping Rules

All members of Basketball New Zealand are required to abide by New Zealand’s Sports Anti-Doping Rules. These rules reflect the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) World Anti-Doping Code.

There are 11 anti-doping rule violations. In summary, the rule violations are:

1. Presence of a prohibited substance, or its metabolites or markers, in an athlete’s sample;
2. Use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method by an athlete;
3. Evasion of doping control or refusal to provide a sample;
4. Failure of Registered Testing Pool athlete to meet Whereabouts requirements three times within a 12-month period;
5. Tampering with any part of the doping control process by an athlete or other person*;
6. Possession of prohibited substances or methods by an athlete or support person;
7. Trafficking or attempted trafficking of a prohibited substance or method by an athlete or other person;
8. Administration or attempted administration of a prohibited substance or method by an athlete or other person;
9. Complicity with or attempt to cover up an anti-doping rule violation by an athlete or other person;
10. Knowing association by an athlete or other person with someone in a sporting capacity who has been found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation;
11. Discouragement of, or retaliation against someone for, reporting doping or suspected doping by an athlete or other person.

The Prohibited List is published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) every year and details all substances and methods which are prohibited or banned in sport. A substance or method may be included on the list if it meets any two of the following criteria:

• It has the potential to enhance sporting performance
• It presents an actual or potential health risk to the athlete
• It violates the spirit of sport

The Prohibited List

Even common medications can contain prohibited substances. Athletes are 100% responsible for everything that goes into their body, so it’s important to check every medication in advance on Global DRO.

Find out how to check medications.

Wallet guide

You can also download (or order a hard copy of) Drug Free Sport New Zealand’s wallet guide to see the status of common medications.

Download or order the Wallet Guide

Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)

If an athlete needs to take a prohibited substance on medical advice, a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) allows them to do so without breaking the Sports Anti-Doping Rules. Certain high-level athletes need to apply for a TUE before they take any prohibited substances; other athletes may only need to apply for their TUE retroactively.

Learn more about TUEs.

In advance or retroactive TUE?

Use the flowchart below to find out if you need to apply for a TUE in advance or can apply retroactively:

Drug Free Sport New Zealand’s position is that supplements are a risk for clean athletes, and they don’t approve any supplements or their use. The safest option for clean athletes is a food-first approach to nutrition.

It’s important for athletes thinking about using a supplement to make an informed decision. DFSNZ’s Supplement Decision Making Guide can help. The Supplement Decision Making Guide helps athletes consider the health implications of supplements, their nutritional needs, and ways to manage – but not eliminate – supplement risk factors.

Read more on DFSNZ’s approach to supplements

Any athlete can be tested out-of-competition at any time and without advance notice. The Whereabouts programme is used worldwide to make sure athletes can be located for testing. Athletes must update their Whereabouts quarterly to protect the integrity of sport and to stay within the Sports Anti-Doping Rules.

Get help with Whereabouts

Testing is a way to deter and detect doping in sport. As an athlete, you should expect – and be prepared – to be tested any time, anywhere. It may happen in or out of competition. You may be asked to supply a urine sample, blood sample or both.

Prepare for the sample collection and testing process

If you have any questions please contact DFSNZ on 0800 DRUGFREE (378 437)

For resources/education:

DFSNZ education

DFSNZ resources

DFSNZ e-learning