Student Handbook - University of Dubuque

other than random testing. UD also reserves the right to test any UD student athlete when thereis reasonable suspicion to believe the student athlete has used or is using a banned or illegalsubstance.GoalThe goal of the University of Dubuque (UD) Substance Abuse Policy for the Student-Athlete is toensure student-athletes practice, compete, and work to the best of their ability, free from theinfluence of substance abuse. Five objectives accompany this goal:• Contribute to the education of the student-athlete regarding substance abuse by encouragingstudent-athlete participation in campus-wide substance abuse prevention programs.• Aid student-athletes in finding medical assistance and counseling for substance abuse relatedviolations.• Facilitate compliance with NCAA regulations concerning substance abuse.• Protect the health and safety of all student-athletes.• Prevent an unfair competitive edge by those who abuse certain chemical substances.Any use of a substance belonging to a class of drugs currently banned by the NCAA (seencaa.org) may be cause for loss of eligibility. For further information regarding substance abuseor usage or other medical questions, contact the UD Medical Coordinator, Director of Athletics, oryour Head Coach.ProceduresConsentAs part of the NCAA rules for clearance to participate in an intercollegiate sport, each studentathletemust sign a form stating their understanding and willingness to abide by the UDSubstance Abuse Policy. Each student-athlete must sign the NCAA Drug Testing ConsentForm signifying they are aware they may be drug tested. Each student-athlete must sign a UDDrug Testing Consent Form stating they are aware they may be drug tested, both randomly andbased upon reasonable suspicion.The UD Athletic Department reserves the right to conduct random drug testing or drug test anystudent-athlete if a member of the athletic department can show reasonable suspicion that aparticular student-athlete is using, or in the case of anabolic steroids, has used any substance inviolation of this policy. A positive test result will be considered a violation of this policy and maysubject the violator to the consequences discussed below.Reasonable SuspicionReasonable suspicion is defined as a good faith belief, at the time of making the decision to test,that the information relied upon is accurate and there is reason to suspect that a student-athletehas used illegal or performance enhancing substances.NCAAThe UD Athletic Department strictly adheres to the NCAA policies banning the use of performanceenhancing drugs. The following are drug classes that are banned by the NCAA (NCAA Bylaw31.2.3.1): Stimulants, Anabolic Agents, Diuretics, Street Drugs, Peptide Hormones, and Analogues.59