If you regularly take medication prescribed by your doctor and this medication is on the WADA Prohibited List, you need to get a TUE (therapeutic use exemption) application form (download below) filled out by your doctor. International level athletes must send this form (after it has been filled in by their doctor) to the FAI Headquarters, for the attention of the Anti-Doping Manager. National level athletes send it to their National Air Sport Control. If the TUE is approved, the athlete should then receive a TUE certificate of approval.
Athletes must obtain TUEs for Prohibited Substances before they compete. Athletes in the Registered Testing Pool should apply for TUEs at the same time that they first provide whereabouts information to FAI and, except for emergency situations, no less than 21 days before the athlete's participation at an International event. Athletes not in the Registered Training Pool must apply for TUEs through their National Airsport Control (NAC) no less than 21 days before they participate at an International Event.
FAI TUE Panel
FAI has appointed a panel of physicians to consider TUEs ("the TUE Panel"). Athletes must submit their requests for TUEs (filled in with all necessary information and signed by themselves and the doctor) to FAI directly for the TUE Panel to evaluate, (for athletes in the Registered Testing Pool, regardless of whether or not the athlete already has a TUE issued by their NAC). The FAI TUE Panel shall evaluate requests for TUEs in accordance with WADA's International Standard.
If you have a specific enquiry regarding a Therapeutic Use Exemption, you may contact the FAI TUE panel using the link below. All enquiries are treated in confidence.
