            INTERNATIONAL  RACQUETBALL FEDERATION (IRF) ANTI-DOPING RULES        Adopted on 01 December 2020 Effective 1 January 2021   IRF 2021 Anti-Doping Rules  Page 2 of 68               IRF 2021 Anti-Doping Rules  Page 3 of 68   TABLE OF CONTENTS  INTRODUCTION	................................................................................................................................................	4	ARTICLE 1	DEFINITION OF DOPING	......................................................................................................	6	ARTICLE 2	ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS	......................................................................................	6	ARTICLE 3 	PROOF OF DOPING	............................................................................................................	10	ARTICLE 4	THE PROHIBITED LIST	.......................................................................................................	13	ARTICLE 5	TESTING AND INVESTIGATIONS	......................................................................................	17	ARTICLE 6	ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES	...................................................................................................	22	ARTICLE 7 	RESULTS MANAGEMENT: RESPONSIBILITY, INITIAL REVIEW, NOTICE AND PROVISIONAL SUSPENSIONS	..........................................................................................	24	ARTICLE 8	RESULTS MANAGEMENT: RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING AND NOTICE OF HEARING DECISION	.............................................................................................................................	27	ARTICLE 9	AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL RESULTS	.....................................	30	ARTICLE 10	SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS	..........................................................................................	30	ARTICLE 11	CONSEQUENCES TO TEAMS	...........................................................................................	43	ARTICLE 12	SANCTIONS BY IRF AGAINST OTHER SPORTING BODIES	........................................	44	ARTICLE 13	RESULTS MANAGEMENT: APPEALS 	.............................................................................	45	ARTICLE 14	CONFIDENTIALITY AND REPORTING	.............................................................................	49	ARTICLE 15	IMPLEMENTATION OF DECISIONS	..................................................................................	53	ARTICLE 16	STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS	...............................................................................................	54	ARTICLE 17	EDUCATION	.........................................................................................................................	54	ARTICLE 18	ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NATIONAL FEDERATIONS	.......	55	ARTICLE 19	ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF IRF	................................................	56	ARTICLE 20	ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ATHLETES	...................................	56	ARTICLE 21	ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ATHLETE SUPPORT PERSONNEL	........................................................................................................................	57	ARTICLE 22	ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER PERSONS SUBJECT TO THESE ANTI-DOPING RULES	............................................................................................	58	ARTICLE 23	INTERPRETATION OF THE CODE	....................................................................................	58	ARTICLE 24	FINAL PROVISIONS	............................................................................................................	58	APPENDIX 1	DEFINITIONS	........................................................................................................................	61	  IRF 2021 Anti-Doping Rules Page 4 of 68    IRF ANTI-DOPING RULES INTRODUCTION Preface  These Anti-Doping Rules are adopted and implemented in accordance with IRF's responsibilities under the Code, and in furtherance of IRF's continuing efforts to eradicate doping in sport.