FIBA General Statutes

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Article 27

THE MEDICAL COMMISSION

27.1 The role of the Medical Commission is to advise the Secretary General on:

a. The research and practice required to raise the quality of health care generally for players;

b. The health care system available at the main official competitions of FIBA in order to ensure that it is capable of delivering care uniformly, effectively, and consistently during those competitions;

c. How to ensure that the highest quality of sports medicine knowledge is disseminated through the entire sports medicine team associated with the sport of basketball (professionals, coaches, scientists, and administrators) through the provision of training, continuing education, and other resources; and

d. Purely medical matters relating to the International Olympic Committee Medical Code and/or the World Anti-Doping Code.

27.2 The Medical Commission may study and propose via the Legal Commission regulations on medical matters related to basketball.