Drug-free sport parachuting
Updated 8 March 2010
The BPA fully supports Drug-Free Sport and is committed to preventing drug misuse in sport parachuting. Drug misuse is cheating and it may prejudice your safety and the safety of others. There is no place for the misuse of drugs in our sport.
BPA Form 220: Anti-Doping Policy & Rules
Competors are strictly liable
Remember, as a competitor, there is strict liability on you (ie, it is your own personal responsibility) to avoid prohibited methods and substances - unannounced random doping tests may be conduted at national or international competitions. The penalties for drug misuse are severe, including disqualification and bans. A positive test will lead to disqualification of the whole team. Anti-doping rules and penalties are now harmonising around the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) requirements.
See the FAI The World Air Sports Federation, the International Governing Body for Air Sports] web section on anti-doping
http://www.fai.org/medical/antidoping
Stay up-to-date with the latest prohibited list of substances and methods
FAI covers the sports below and enquiries for these sports should be searched for using Aeronautics: Ballooning, General Aviation, Gliding, Aeromodelling, Parachuting, Aerobatic, Astronautic Records , Hang Gliding & Paragliding, Microlight, Rotorcraft.
Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs / TUE form)
A Therapeutic Use Exemption Form completed by a doctor may be required for mandatory pre-notification of the use of certain medications, see http://www.fai.org/antidoping/tue
Download the FAI TUE Form from: http://www.fai.org/system/files/fai_standard_tue_form.pdf
TUE enquiries (to FAI): http://www.fai.org/node/323
Beta-2 Agonists taken via inhalation, Salbutamol and Salmeterol, no longer require a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). Instead you are required to complete a Declaration of Use using the online declaration form provided on the 100% ME website: www.ukad.org.uk/forms/declaration
All other Beta-2 Agonists will still require full lung function tests and a TUE application
Simplified declaration of use procedures for certain specific medications may come into force during 2010. Please see the WADA and FAI websites for the latest information.
Random testing
Competitors: YOU may be required to take a random drugs test. Remember that alcohol, numerous prescribed and ‘over the counter’ medicines - including decongestants - and even caffeine from drinking excessive tea, coffee or soft drinks (such as cola drinks) are prohibited - as well as performance-enhancing drugs and, of course, illegal substances. Getting it from a doctor on prescription is no defence! Each athlete is strictly liable, meaning that it is their own personal responsibility to ensure that they comply fully with this policy. Lack of knowledge is no excuse - careful study of the rules set out in this document is essential. A positive test result means disqualification for the whole team, loss of any funding, and a ban for the individual. The test is concerned with whether a prohibited substance is present in the body, not how or why it got there.
If in doubt - check it out!
It cannot be overstressed that it is the personal responsibility of all competitors to familiarise themselves with the provisions of BPA Form 220 (downloadable from the BPA Forms page) , the FAI anti-doping rules and procedures http://www.fai.org/antidoping/adrp and the list of prohibited and restricted substances and prohibited methods.
