Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3344 - Cleveland State University › Chapter 3344-48 - Policies on Drug Education and Screening Policies › Section 3344-48-01 - Cleveland state university athletics drug education and screening program policy

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The Cleveland state university (CSU)
			 department of athletics advocates the development of healthy and responsible
			 lifestyles for CSU student-athletes during their years of eligibility.
			 Additionally, CSU strongly believes the use of national
			 collegiate athletic association banned drugs and
			 substances (excluding properly used medication prescribed by a physician
			 to treat a specific medical condition) can be detrimental to the physical and
			 mental well-being of its student-athletes. Therefore, it is the philosophy of
			 the Cleveland state university 
								department of athletics that
			 all student-athletes at CSU be subjected to a drug education and screening
			 program.
(B) For the purpose of
			 this program, a student-athlete is defined as any student officially listed on
			 the team roster.
			 This includes but is not limited to student-athletes who are "red-shirting,"
			 student-athletes who are academically ineligible, student-athletes who are
			 injured, fifth-year student-athletes who are receiving athletic-related aid
			 and/or using other athletic-related services and team managers.
(C) The Cleveland state university
			 
								department of athletics has a mandatory program of
			 drug education and testing combined with counseling/rehabilitation efforts to
			 assist and benefit the student-athletes at CSU. This program is in addition to
			 the NCAA drug testing program and procedures. The CSU athletics drug screening and education program,
			 including any sanction phases, is separate and distinct from the NCAA drug
			 testing program and its sanctions, as well as, any
			 university judicial process and sanctions.
(D) The signed consent and notification forms
			 shall be considered affirmation of the student-athlete's agreement to the terms
			 and conditions contained in this policy (appendix A).
(E) Purpose of the program: the purpose of
			 the 
								athletics drug education and screening program is to
			 aid and assist the student-athletes at Cleveland state university. This program
			 is designed with the best interests of the student-athletes in mind and based
			 on the premise that drug use is detrimental to the student-athlete as well as a
			 violation of Cleveland state university 
								department of athletics
			 policy.
Specific goals of this program are:
(1) To educate CSU student-athletes about the
			 associated problems of drug use and abuse.
(2) To discourage any drug use by CSU
			 student-athletes.
(3) To identify
			 any student-athlete who may be using or abusing drugs.
(4) To educate any student-athlete, so
			 identified, regarding such usage as it may affect the student-athlete and their
			 team/teammates.
(5) To provide
			 reasonable safeguards so that every student-athlete is medically competent to
			 participate in athletic competition.
(6) To encourage discussion about any
			 questions the student-athlete may have, either specifically or generally, about
			 the use of drugs.