School Sport Victoria Drugs in Sport Policy

This policy, and its related policies, ensure the safe participation in School Sport Victoria events.

Details and Guidance

SSV supports the policies of the Sport Integrity Australia and Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) in relation to drugs in sport.

Young athletes and those responsible for their wellbeing can be informed on the dangers of performance and image enhancing drugs by logging onto Sport Integrity Australia eLearning options section of their website.

Sport Integrity Australia eLearning offers a wide range of educational resource and information that provides individuals and schools with the tools to help students make informed choices. It explores healthy ways to enhance performance, the facts about, and the consequences of, doping in sport.

Sport Integrity Australia eLearning also offers a variety of classroom activities to create further learning opportunities that can be linked to the Victorian Essential Learning Standards.

For more information visit Sport Integrity Australia

Related Policies

For more information visit Sport Integrity Australia

Department of Education Policies for:

Mental and Physical Health:

• First Aid for Students and Staff Policy | education.vic.gov.au (this includes Concussion)
• Heat Health: Policy | education.vic.gov.au
• Infectious Diseases: Policy | education.vic.gov.au
• Canteens, Healthy Eating and Other Food Services: Policy | education.vic.gov.au

SSV Policies for:

Maximising Participation:

• General Conditions of Competition
• Competition Pathways and Progressions
• Inclusion
• Small Schools
• Rules of the Sports on the SSV Website

Mental and Physical Health:

• Accident Incident Report
• Privacy
• Child Safe Policy
• Child Safety Responding and Reporting
• Codes of Conduct - Child Safety
• Codes of Conduct - SSV Events
• Participation Behaviour
• Positive Behaviour
• Drugs in Sport
• Extreme Weather and Catastrophic Events Guidelines
• Injury Prevention

For further information, please refer to:

Relevant Specific Sport Rules found on each sport page

DE Schools Policy and Advice Library/Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Engagement