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Title
Examine issues relating to doping in sport
Level
4
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: define
doping in the context of the athlete and sport, and explain the
reasons for banning doping; identify banned and restricted
doping classes and methods, and common sources of the
drugs and substances and their effects; and identify the
individuals and organisations involved in drug testing and
describe the drug testing process. This unit standard is
intended for coaches, athletes, parents, team managers, sports
administrators, sports medics, and paramedics.
Classification
Sport > Sport Science and Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
The New Zealand Sports Drug Agency Act 1994, and subsequent amendments, and the
current International Olympic Committee Medical Code are referred to in this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Define doping in the context of the athlete and sport and explain the reasons for banning
doping.
This unit standard is
Doping is outlined in relation toexpiring
the sporting environment and according to the
Evidence requirements
1.1
International Olympic Committee Medical Code.
1.2
Explanation establishes reasons why doping is banned.
Range
sport rules, fair play, health, safety, law.
Outcome 2
Describe banned and restricted doping classes and methods, and common sources of the
drugs and substances and their effects.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Description identifies banned doping classes and establishes their effects.
Range
2.2
Sources of drugs are noted as used for doping.
Range
2.3
doping classes – beta blockers, alcohol, marijuana, local
anaesthetic, corticosteroids;
effects – physiological and psychological differences, stage of
growth and development.
Restrictions for restricted drugs are established.
Range
2.5
over the counter, prescription, illegal, black market.
Restricted doping classes are described and their effects established.
Range
2.4
doping classes – stimulants, narcotic analgesics, anabolic agents,
diuretics, peptide and glycoprotein hormones and their analogues;
effects – physiological and psychological differences, stage of
growth and development.
types of sports, safety factors, method of administration.
Banned doping methods are described.
Range
blood doping; pharmacological, chemical, and physical
manipulation of urine sample.
Outcome 3
Identify the individuals and organisations involved in drug testing, and explain the drug
testing process.
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Evidence requirements
3.1
The process of being drug tested is outlined according to the International
Olympic Committee Medical Code and the requirements of the New Zealand
Sports Drug Agency Act 1994.
Range
3.2
The rights of an athlete selected for a drug test are explained in relation to the
Regulations (17.4) made under the New Zealand Sports Drug Agency Act 1994.
Range
3.3
in competition, out of competition, selection process, notification,
confirm identification, personal and medical details, urine sample
collection, sealing the samples, signed statement, testing of A and
B samples, test results.
right to have a witness, right to complete defined activities before
test, right to privacy, right to attend 'B' sample testing.
The result of refusing to take a drug test is explained.
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treated in an equivalent manner to a positive test, banned from
sport if no reasonable excuse.
3.4
The legal parameters within which drug testing occur are outlined in relation to
the New Zealand Sport Drug Agency Act 1994 and the sports' rules.
3.5
Explanation establishes factors which differentiate blood sample testing from
urine sample testing.
Range
legal, medical, analytical, cultural.
Outcome 4
Identify organisations involved in the development and implementation of drug testing
policy and procedures.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Explanation establishes organisations involved in the development and/or
implementation of drug testing policies and procedures and their roles.
Range
4.2
International Olympic Committee, international sports bodies,
national sports bodies, national anti-doping agencies, New
Zealand Sports Drug Agency, Hillary Commission, New Zealand
Sports Foundation, New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth
Games Association.
Doping policies, penalties, and procedures of a National Sports Organisation
are described.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
This unit standard is
expiring
17 May 1996
31 December 2014
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
Revision
2
19 February 1998
31 December 2014
Review
3
30 August 1999
31 December 2014
Review
4
16 April 2010
31 December 2016
Rollover
5
18 March 2011
31 December 2016
Rollover
6
15 September 2011
31 December 2016
Rollover
7
24 October 2014
31 December 2016
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
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