MINSK, 19 January (BelTA) – Belarus will adjust its laws taking into account the revised World Anti-Doping Code. The statement was made at an extended session of the House of Representatives' permanent commission on healthcare, physical education, family and youth policy held on 19 January to discuss the amendments to the country's law on physical education and sport, BelTA has learned.
The new World Anti-Doping Code envisages a ban on cooperation of athletes and other persons directly involved in sport with the personnel of an athlete who has been found guilty in doping violation or any other doping-related actions. According to Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Alexander Dubkovsky, Belarus will stay strictly committed to this and other norms of the code. “No person involved in the training of athletes should cooperate with an athlete who was disqualified or it was proved that anti-doping rules were violated,” the deputy minister said.
Besides, the document regulates the issues related to doping testing. “Testing procedures have been clearly demarcated. Everything has been put in line with the world practices,” said Igor Nevar, a member of the permanent commission on healthcare, physical education, family and youth policy. The MP added that every stage of the doping testing in Belarus is unified with the international practices.
The bill will soon be ready for first reading.
