Student Handbook - University of Dubuque

The UD Medical Coordinator will immediately report the results to the UD Director of Athletics.The UD Director of Athletics will inform the Head Coach of the test results. The UD Director ofAthletics will notify the student-athlete of the test results. If no notification is provided within 10days, the student-athlete may assume the test results were negative. The Medical Review Officerat Finley Occupational Health will conduct an interview with the student-athlete if there is apositive lab result.Further information:• NCAA Banned-Drug Classes (subject to change).• Stimulants, Anabolic Agents, Substances Banned for Specific Sports, Diuretics, StreetDrugs, Peptide Hormones and Analogues.The NCAA list of banned-drug classes is subject to change by the NCAA Executive Committee.Contact NCAA education services or www.ncaa.org/sports_sciences/drugtesting for the currentlist. The term “related compounds” comprises substances that are included in the class by theirpharmacological action and/or chemical structure. No substance belonging to the prohibited classmay be used, regardless of whether it is specifically listed as an example.Many nutritional/dietary supplements contain NCAA banned substances. In addition, the US Foodand Drug Administration (FDA) does not strictly regulate the supplement industry, therefore purityand safety of nutritional/ dietary supplements cannot be guaranteed. Impure supplements maylead to a positive NCAA drug test. The use of supplements is at the student-athlete’s own risk.Student-athletes should contact their institution’s team physician or certified athletic trainer forfurther information (Bylaw 31.2.3.1.)AIDS POLICYAIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) and positive HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)continue to be in the limelight. With the numbers still increasing, and our understanding of thedisease still evolving, the need for education, prevention, and treatment is a major health careand higher education focus.Looking at the latest information available about the AIDS virus, we find that it can be transmittedin the following ways:• Through sexual intercourse (homosexual and heterosexual);• Through use of contaminated needles by drug abusers (mind-altering and steroid);• To infants from infected mothers in utero, or through infected breast milk;• Through contaminated blood products or transplants, however, with the increasing reliabilityof prescreening and testing, this possibility is very minimal, and• Through exposure to contaminated blood through an open wound (this is rare and of mainconcern to health care workers).An exchange of body fluids must occur. AIDS is not transmitted by airborne particles and does notsurvive well outside of the body. No cases of casual contact have occurred, even among familymembers providing direct care to AIDS victims.62