Contract Testing Explained

We are asking you to do testing for us under contract to different anti-doping organisations as well as the occasional in competition testing session under contract for an international federation, an event organiser or a national sporting organisation.

We thought you may like some information and special instructions for the other anti-doping Organisations we conduct testing for on a regular basis. To learn about an organisation, click on the one that is of interest:

ANADO-ADS.
IDTM.
WADA.
Reciprocal Tests.

Collection Authorisation: ANADO-ADS have user pays contracts with both WADA and International Federations’ (IF’s) to manage their sample collection programmes. In turn, DFSNZ has a user pays contract with ANADO to collect samples on their behalf. Therefore, when we are testing athletes for ANADO-ADS, we are testing the athletes on behalf of their International Federation.

Special Requirements:

1. ANADO-ADS must be printed on the top right-hand side of all Notification & Doping Control Forms used for their testing.

2. Show the athlete the letter of Authority to Test which DFSNZ will have given to you.

3. Always record the athlete’s date of birth no matter the age of the athlete. Date is recorded in our usual DD/MM/YY format.

4. Do not offer the separate Medical Declaration Form. The separate Medical Declaration Form can only be used as a continuation page.

5. Ensure that the Doping Control Session Report is completed and that you have recorded the attempted Notifications where the athlete has been unavailable in full.

6. Look on the Testing Session Information provided for any further Special Instructions that may be peculiar to the IF the tests are ultimately being collected for.

Stands for International Doping Tests & Management. IDTM is based in Sweden and is a privately owned, profit-making Organisation. IDTM was started several years ago by Staffan Sahlström who, prior to starting IDTM, was in charge of the doping control programme for the IAAF (IF for athletics). IDTM also contract national anti-doping agencies in most countries, however, they also have a network of their own Doping Control Officers in some areas. IDTM conduct testing both in and out of competition and have a strong client base including the IAAF (athletics) and FINA (swimming).

Collection Authorisation: IDTM has user pays contracts with International Federations’ (IF’s) to manage their sample collection programmes. In turn, DFSNZ has a user pays contract with IDTM to collect samples on their behalf. Therefore, when we are testing athletes for IDTM, we are testing the athletes on behalf of their International Federation.

Special Requirements:

1. IDTM must be printed on the top right-hand side of all Notification & Doping Control Forms used for their testing.

2. Show the athlete the letter of Authority to Test which DFSNZ will have given to you.

3. Always record the athlete’s date of birth no matter the age of the athlete. Date is recorded in our usual DD/MM/YY format.

4. Do not offer the separate Medical Declaration Form. The separate Medical Declaration Form can only be used as a continuation page.

5. Ensure that the Doping Control Session Report is completed and that you have recorded the attempted Notifications where the athlete has been unavailable in full.

6. Look on the Testing Session Information provided for any further Special Instructions that may be peculiar to the IF the tests are ultimately being collected for.

Stands for the World Anti-Doping Agency – of course! WADA conducts out of competition testing (no in competition testing) for International Federations. WADA does most of it’s testing in countries where there is no established or internationally recognised national anti-doping organisation and pays the testing it does on IF’s behalf. Occasionally we have requests to conduct testing on behalf of WADA but this is usually in the Pacific Islands or for overseas Teams training, or prior to a competition, in New Zealand.

Collection Authorisation: WADA has contracts with International Federations’ (IF’s) to manage their sample collection programmes. WADA pays for the out of competition testing it conducts. In turn, DFSNZ has a user pays contract with WADA to collect samples on their behalf. Therefore, when we are testing athletes for WADA, we are testing the athletes on behalf of their International Federation.

Special Requirements:

1. WADA must be printed on the top right-hand side of all Notification & Doping Control Forms used for their testing.

2. Show the athlete the letter of Authority to Test which DFSNZ will have given to you.

3. Athlete’s last names are recorded first and in capitals, followed by the first name in lower case on the Notification and Doping Control Forms, i.e., BLOGGS Joe.

4. Always record the athlete’s date of birth no matter the age of the athlete. Date is recorded in our usual DD/MM/YY format.

5. Do not offer the separate Medical Declaration Form. The separate Medical Declaration Form can only be used as a continuation page.

6. Ensure that the WADA Testing Session Report is completed and that you have recorded the attempted Notifications where the athlete has been unavailable in full with the time you arrived, the location address and the time you left (waiting one hour before leaving).

7. Look on the Testing Session Information provided for any further Special Instructions that may be peculiar to the IF the tests are ultimately being collected for.

This is testing conducted under an Agreement with another national anti-doping organisation. Reciprocal testing means that we have allocated a certain number of programme funded tests to be conducted on the other NADO’s athletes at their request and they are holding a similar number of their own programme funded tests for us to use. Currently we only have a reciprocal testing agreement with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASDA) for 15 tests per annum. We will be investigating the possibility of opening up more Reciprocal Agreements with other NADOs.

Collection Authorisation: DFSNZ has Agreements with other NADOs to collect samples from their athletes when they are in New Zealand. DFSNZ pays for the out of testing it conducts for the NADO’s under the Reciprocal Agreement. In turn, the other NADO repays this with testing conducted and paid for on our behalf. Therefore, when we are testing athletes under Reciprocal Testing Agreement, we are testing the athletes on behalf of their National Anti-Doping Organisation.

Special Requirements:

1. Show the athlete the letter of Authority to Test which DFSNZ will have given to you.

2. Look on the Testing Session Information provided for any further Special Instructions that may be peculiar to the NADO the tests are being collected for.