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Leaving Cert Physical Education: Anti-doping rules & TUE

How often Anti-doping rules & TUE comes up on the Physical Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

OL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Anti-doping rules & TUE, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Anti-doping rules & TUE.

(a)A Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) allows an athlete to?
  1. Skip drug testing for the rest of a whole season
  2. Use a banned medicine for a real condition
  3. Take any supplement without checking it
(b)Strict liability in anti-doping means?
  1. A violation needs proof that the athlete meant it
  2. Only coaches are punished for a positive test
  3. Athletes answer for anything in their sample
(c)Whereabouts information lets anti-doping bodies?
  1. Test athletes out of competition, unannounced
  2. Track athletes' training loads and diets
  3. Test athletes only at official events and competitions
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(a) Use a banned medicine for a real condition

(b) Athletes answer for anything in their sample

(c) Test athletes out of competition, unannounced

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Anti-doping rules & TUE.

Higher Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q12
2024Q6
2023Q15
2022Q11
2021Q15

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Anti-doping rules & TUE questions

Anti-doping rules & TUE, 3 marks

Before taking any medicine, what should a tested athlete do?

  1. Ask a teammate whether they have taken it safely before
  2. Assume a doctor's prescription is always allowed
  3. Check it is permitted, e.g. on an official database
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Check it is permitted, e.g. on an official database

Under strict liability the athlete is responsible. Checking every medicine against the current list, and telling the doctor they are tested, avoids accidental doping.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q5
2024Not asked
2023Q12, Q17
2022Q6
2021Q8

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Anti-doping rules & TUE, 2 marks

What does TUE stand for?

  1. Testing Under Examination
  2. Total Usage Evaluation
  3. Therapeutic Use Exemption
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Therapeutic Use Exemption

A TUE is permission to use a banned substance or method for a genuine medical condition, when there is no permitted alternative.

Anti-doping rules & TUE, 3 marks

When can an athlete compete while using a banned medicine?

  1. When their coach gives permission
  2. When they have an approved TUE
  3. When the dose is small
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When they have an approved TUE

Without an approved TUE, a banned substance in a sample is a violation whatever the reason. Neither the dose size nor a coach's permission makes it allowed.

Anti-doping rules & TUE, 3 marks

Under strict liability, an athlete is responsible for…

  1. Any banned substance found in their body
  2. Only drugs they took on purpose, knowingly
  3. Their team-mates' test results as well
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Any banned substance found in their body

Athletes must check everything they eat, drink or take. Saying I did not know is not a defence, which is why checking medicines and supplements matters.

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