Medical Commission
Tasks of the Medical Commission
The members of the Medical Commission have the responsibility of processing applications for therapeutic use exemptions (TUE). They decide whether to grant or reject an application, providing reasons in detail.
Statutory provisions
The tasks and activities of NADA Austria's Medical Commission are set forth in § 4 and § 8 of the Anti-Doping Federal Act (Anti-Doping Bundesgesetz; ADBG) as amended by Federal Law Gazette I no. 146/2009:
§4 (2) The Independent Anti-Doping Organization shall establish the following commissions:
2. the General Commission of Physicians, consisting of at least four, but no more than six physicians experienced in sports medicine, and one expert in pharmaceutics, to decide on requests for therapeutic use exemptions pursuant to § 8 para 3 and to provide counselling in medical issues;
3. the Dentists' Commission, consisting of at least two, but no more than four dentists with relevant experience, and one expert in pharmaceutics, to decide on requests for therapeutic use exemptions with regard to dental treatment pursuant to § 8 para 3 and to provide counselling in dental issues;
4. the Veterinary Commission, consisting of at least two, but no more than four veterinarians with relevant experience, and one expert in pharmaceutics, to provide counselling in veterinarian issues;
§8 (3) The Independent Anti-Doping Organization shall consult the General Commission of Physicians (§ 4 para 2 no. 2) for decisions on applications for TUEs, and the Dentists' Commission (§ 4 para 2 no. 3) for TUEs for dental treatment. The applicant shall pay a lump sum of EUR 85 to the Independent Anti-Doping Organization in advance for the procedure of deciding on the application for a TUE. This amount shall change on 1 January of each calendar year in line with the change in the current consumer price index as published by Statistics Austria, for the first time on 1 January 2011.
General Commission of Physicians
Chairperson
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Alfred Aigner
Other permanent members
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Helmut Hörtnagl
- Dr. med. Rudolf Pfister
- Dr. Gerhard Postl
- Dr. Rainer Popovic
- Sabine Schalberger
Substitute members
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Paul Haber
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. Josef Niebauer
- Dr. med. Paul Mittermaier
- Dr. Manfred Jost
- Dr. Andrea Podolsky
- Dr. Susanne Hellwagner
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schobersberger
Dentists' Commission
Permanent members
- Dr. Dr. Christoph Schmölzer
- Dr. Danila Bernhart
- Sabine Schalberger
Veterinary Commission
Permanent members
- Univ. Prof. Dr. med. vet. Tzt. Ivo Schmerold
- Dr. FTA Constanze Zach
- Sabine Schalberger
Substitute members
- Karin Himmelmayer
- Dr. Isabella Copar
- Dr. FTA Uschi Barth