<p class="reg-lead">The UCI Regulations for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE), in force from 20 February 2023.</p>
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<tr><td>In force</td><td><b>20 February 2023</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Basis</td><td>WADA International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What is a therapeutic use exemption?</h2>
<p>The UCI Anti-Doping Rules (Part 14) are not sufficient on their own. Three supplementary sets of regulations — <strong>results management</strong>, <strong>testing and investigations</strong> and <strong>therapeutic use exemptions</strong> — apply alongside them, and the <strong>Procedural Rules of the Anti-Doping Tribunal</strong> govern the conduct of proceedings. All four documents are available on this site.</p><p>A rider who, because of an illness, requires a medication that appears on the Prohibited List may obtain a <strong>therapeutic use exemption (TUE)</strong>. This document determines who may obtain such an exemption, on what conditions, from which authority and under what procedure.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
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<li><b class="t">The formal route to using a prohibited medication</b>A therapeutic use exemption is the only lawful means of using a prohibited substance; without one, the presence of the substance in a sample is a violation even if the use was entirely therapeutic.</li>
<li><b class="t">Acting before the case arises</b>An application for an exemption must in principle be submitted <strong>before use</strong>; a retroactive exemption is possible only in exceptional circumstances and on strict conditions.</li>
<li><b class="t">Connection with the other documents</b>These regulations apply alongside the Anti-Doping Rules (Part 14) and the results management regulations, and their definitions are drawn from those same documents.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For a rider undergoing treatment, compliance with the procedure in this document is the difference between lawful treatment and an anti-doping violation. For team physicians, correctly managing the application process forms part of the professional duties imposed on them by the Medical Rules (Part 13).</p>
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UCI Regulations for Therapeutic Use Exemptions 2023