1) Consequences of Anti - Doping Rules Violation

A Player's or other person's violation of an anti - doping rule may result in one or more of the following: Disqualification Means the player is not longer allowed to take part in a particular Competition or Event, with all resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes. Ineligibility Means the Player or other person is barred for a specified period of time from participating in any competition or to other activity. Provisional Suspension Means the Player or other person is barred temporarily from participating in any Competition prior to the final decision at a hearing.
2) Doping Control

The process including test, distribution planning, Sample collection & handling, laboratory analysis, results management, hearings and appeals.


3) National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO)

The entity (ies) designated by each country as possessing the primary authority and responsibility to adopt and implement anti-doping rules, direct the collection of samples, the management of test results, and the conduct of hearings, all at the national level. If this designation has not been made by the competent public authority (ies), the entity shall be the country's National Olympic Committee or its designee.


4) No Advance Notice

A Doping Control which takes place with no advance warning to the PLAYER and where the PLAYER is Continuously chaperoned from the moment of notification through sample provision.


5) No Fault or Negligence

The Atya Patya player establishing that he or she did not know or suspect, and could not reasonably have known or suspected even with the exercise of utmost caution, that he or she had used or been administered the prohibited substance or prohibited method.


6) No Significant Fault or Negligence

The Atya Patya Player establishing that his or her fault or negligence, when viewed in the totality of the circumstances and taking into account the criteria for No Fault or Negligence, was not significant in relationship to the anti-doping rule violation.