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4.3. Student-athletes who have tested positive or
provided multiple dilute samples at a testing event
may be tested at any time, including, but not limited
to, a championship or postseason football game at
which they appear and at which drug testing is being
conducted, and at any year-round testing event.
4.3.1. It is the responsibility of the institution to
notify the DCO that a student-athlete who is
present on site must be tested to satisfy Section 4.3.
4.4. Student-athletes who are ineligible as a result of
an NCAA positive drug test or a breach of protocol may
be tested for all banned substances by the NCAA at any
time during their period of ineligibility.
4.5. Selection of Student-Athletes for Year Round Testing.
4.5.1. Student-athletes competing in Divisions I and
II sports are subject to year-round testing.
4.5.2. In year-round testing events, the timing of
testing and selection of tested individuals may be
random or specific to sport, position, competitive
ranking, athletics financial-aid status, playing time,
directed testing or any other NCAA-approved
selection method.
4.5.2.1. For selections of student-athletes during
on-campus year-round testing, the institution
is responsible for providing the official eligibility
checklist or squad list, or complete roster if the
first outside competition has not yet occurred.
4.5.2.2. For year-round summer drug testing,
student-athletes will be selected from the
official eligibility checklist or squad list, or other
approved list.
4.5.3. Student-athletes who appear on one of the
lists in 4.5.2.1 will not be selected for drug testing
if the testing agency is notified prior to the testing
date that they:
• have been cut or dismissed from their team;
• have exhausted eligibility in the sport;
• have graduated;
• have a medical exception resulting from career-
ending injury or illness;
• have quit the team; or
• have withdrawn from the institution.
All other student-athletes with remaining NCAA
eligibility (including partial qualifiers, nonqualifiers, those
with season-ending injuries and student-athletes who
have expressed interest in transferring schools) are
subject to testing.
4.5.4. A student-athlete who is no longer on the
team (voluntarily or involuntarily) before notification
of their selection for NCAA drug testing, and was
on the institution’s eligibility checklist or squad list
without being identified as no longer on the team,
may not participate in NCAA competition until
completion of an NCAA drug test. This test will be
administered by the NCAA-designated drug-testing
agency in each case at the institution’s expense.
4.6. Selection of Student-Athletes at NCAA
Championships and Postseason Bowl Games.
4.6.1. All student-athletes are subject to NCAA
testing at NCAA championships or in conjunction
with postseason bowl games.
4.6.2. Student-athletes may be tested before, during
or after NCAA championship events and postseason
bowl games.
4.6.3. At NCAA team championships and
postseason bowl games, the timing of testing and
selection of tested individuals may be random or
specific to position, competitive ranking, athletics
financial-aid status, playing time or any other NCAA-
approved selection method.
4.6.3.1. For team championship and postseason
bowl-game testing, student-athletes may be
selected from the official travel party roster,
official gate/credential list, championship
participation sheets or other approved forms.
4.6.4. At NCAA individual championship events,
timing of testing and selection of tested individuals
may be random or specific to competitive ranking,
random selection, position of finish or other NCAA-
approved selection method.
4.6.5. Student-athletes in their final year of
eligibility, who are listed in one of the criteria
identified in 4.6.3 and 4.6.4, are subject to NCAA
drug testing.
5.0. Drug-Testing Notifications
5.1. Notification of Institutions for Year-Round Testing.
5.1.1. For on-campus year-round testing, the
NCAA-designated drug-testing agency will send
notifications to the director of athletics, compliance
administrator and drug-testing site coordinator
not earlier than two calendar days before the
day of testing. For off-campus summer testing,
institutions will not receive advance notification.
For No Advance-Notice Testing, refer to the NCAA
Year-Round Drug-Testing Site Coordinator Manual.