Antidoping Rules Violations (ADRVs)

There are 11 ways to break the Sports Anti-Doping Rules; these are known as the Anti-Doping Rule Violations (Rule Violations).

The first four Rule Violations only apply to athletes:

1. Presence of a banned substance (e.g. in an anti-doping test);

2. Use of a banned substance;

3. Evasion of doping control or refusal to provide a sample when tested;

4. Whereabouts Failure;

The rest apply to athletes and athlete support personnel (e.g. coaches, managers, physiotherapists, GPs):

5. Tampering with the doping control process;

6. Possessing banned substances;

7. Trafficking banned substances;

8. Administrating banned substances;

9. Complicity with or attempt to cover up a rule violation;

10. Knowing association in a sporting capacity with someone who has committed a rule violation (e.g. training with a banned athlete or coach);

11. Discouraging or retaliating against someone for reporting doping.

Rules around doping in sport aim to keep sport fair for everyone involved. New Zealand’s Sports Anti-Doping Rules (the Rules) give effect to the World Anti-Doping Code in NZ. Most national sports organisations in this country have adopted them.

If you play sport, or support athletes, it’s likely that the Rules apply to you. The Rules apply to every member of every sport that has adopted or agreed to them – irrespective of age, level of competition and role in sport. They apply to athletes, coaches, administrators and support personnel.

There are 11 ways to break the Rules. They’re known as the Anti-Doping Rule Violations. It’s important to know the rule violations to keep you from making an avoidable mistake. Breaking a Sports Anti-Doping Rule, even by accident, can have serious consequences.

The rule violations (a summary)
  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.

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