French Sports Code

Doping prevention medical centres are approved by the administrative authority. They organise consultations open to people who have used or are likely to use doping practices. These consultations are anonymous at the request of those concerned. If necessary, they offer to set up medical follow-up. The persons mentioned in article L. 231-8 must have at least one interview with a doctor in one of these centres. This interview is validated…

The athlete shall declare his status at the time of any medical consultation which gives rise to a prescription. Athletes taking part in or preparing for the events mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 230-3 and whose state of health requires the use of a substance or method on the list of prohibited substances mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 232-9 may submit requests for therapeutic…

A Therapeutic Use Exemption takes effect on the date on which it is notified. However, an authorisation may take effect on an earlier date, which it mentions: 1° In an emergency or in the case of urgent and necessary treatment of a medical condition; 2° In the event that, due to lack of time or the impossibility of proceeding or other exceptional circumstances, prior to the collection of the sample…

Any doctor who detects signs suggestive of doping : 1° Must refuse to issue one of the medical certificates defined in articles L. 231-2, L. 231-2-1 and L. 231-2-2; 2° Inform his patient of the risks he is running and offer either to refer him to one of the medical centres mentioned in article L. 232-1, or, in liaison with the latter and depending on what is necessary, to prescribe…

Failure by a doctor to comply with the obligation to transmit information provided for in article L. 232-3 or with the prohibitions mentioned in article L. 232-10 may result in disciplinary action before the competent bodies of the Ordre des Médecins.