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MEDICAL REGULATIONS 11 Edition - FIVB

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<strong>FIVB</strong> Medical Regulations – <strong>11</strong>th <strong>Edition</strong><br />

7.5.2 Results management in respect of an apparent Missed Test<br />

by an Athlete in <strong>FIVB</strong>’s Registered Testing Pool as a result of an<br />

attempt to test the Athlete by or on behalf of the <strong>FIVB</strong> shall be<br />

conducted by <strong>FIVB</strong> in accordance with Article <strong>11</strong>.6.3 of the<br />

International Standard for Testing. Results management in respect of<br />

an apparent Missed Test by such Athlete as a result of an attempt to<br />

test the Athlete by or on behalf of another Anti-Doping Organization<br />

shall be conducted by that other Anti-Doping Organization in<br />

accordance with Article <strong>11</strong>.7.6(c) of the International Standard for<br />

Testing.<br />

7.5.3 Where, in any eighteen-month period, an Athlete in <strong>FIVB</strong>’s<br />

Registered Testing Pool is declared to have three Filing Failures, or<br />

three Missed Tests, or any combination of Filing Failures or Missed<br />

Tests adding up to three in total, whether under these Anti-Doping<br />

Rules or under the rules of any other Anti-Doping Organization, <strong>FIVB</strong><br />

shall bring them forward as an apparent anti-doping rule violation.<br />

7.6 Provisional Suspensions<br />

7.6.1 If analysis of an A Sample has resulted in an Adverse<br />

Analytical Finding for a Prohibited Substance that is not a Specified<br />

Substance, and a review in accordance with Article 7.1.2 does not<br />

reveal an applicable TUE or departure from the International Standard<br />

for Testing or the International Standard for Laboratories that caused<br />

the Adverse Analytical Finding, the <strong>FIVB</strong> shall Provisionally Suspend<br />

the Athlete pending the hearing panel’s determination of whether<br />

he/she has committed an anti-doping rule violation.<br />

7.6.2 In any case not covered by Article 7.6.1 where the <strong>FIVB</strong><br />

decides to take the matter forward as an apparent anti-doping rule<br />

violation in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 7,<br />

the <strong>FIVB</strong> President, after consultation with the <strong>FIVB</strong> Anti-Doping<br />

Administrator and <strong>FIVB</strong> Medical Commission President, may<br />

Provisionally Suspend the Athlete pending the hearing panel’s<br />

determination of whether he/she has committed an anti-doping rule<br />

violation.<br />

7.6.3 Where a Provisional Suspension is imposed, whether<br />

pursuant to Article 7.6.1 or Article 7.6.2, the Athlete shall be given<br />

either (a) an opportunity for a Provisional Hearing before imposition of<br />

the Provisional Suspension or on a timely basis after imposition of the<br />

Provisional Suspension; or (b) an opportunity for an expedited hearing<br />

in accordance with Article 8 (Right to a Fair Hearing) on a timely basis<br />

after imposition of a Provisional Suspension. National Federations shall<br />

impose Provisional Suspensions in accordance with the principles set<br />

forth in this Article 7.6.<br />

7.6.4 If a Provisional Suspension is imposed based on an Adverse<br />

Analytical Finding in respect of an A Sample, and any subsequent<br />

analysis of the B Sample analysis does not confirm the A Sample<br />

analysis, then the Athlete shall not be subject to any further Provisional<br />

Suspension on account of a violation of Article 2.1 of the Code<br />

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