Sports medical examination
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A sports medical examination is required for all athletes who wish to obtain or renew a competition licence issued by a sporting federation or a sports club, except for those sporting disciplines exempt from this requirement.
The purpose of this examination is to allow access to sporting events, to ensure medical surveillance of athletes and to guide candidates towards a sporting activity that is suitable for them.
Sporting activities are grouped into 3 categories depending on the extent of required medical supervision:
- periodical check-ups (category A);
- single medical examination (category B);
- no medical examination required (category C).
Appointments can be made by the athlete or by their club manager at one of the sports medicine centres or approved medical practices across the country. As waiting times increase with the start of the school year in September, it's best to take advantage of the quieter months (May, June or July) to have or renew your sports medical examination.
Appointments can be booked or cancelled online via MyGuichet.lu, or by telephone.
Who is concerned
Anyone from the age of 7 (or turning 7 in the current year) up to the age of 50 must undergo a sports medical examination in order to obtain a competition licence authorising the practice of any sporting activity in category A or B.
Holders of competition licences who practice any category A sport must also undergo periodical check-ups in the years in which they turn 12, 15, 20, 30, 40, 45 and 50.
The requirements for category A sports also apply to basketball, football, handball, ice hockey and rugby referees.
Licensed athletes who continue to practice a competitive sport beyond the age of 50 are expected to undergo medical evaluations either by their GP or by another physician with certification in sports medicine, in accordance with the procedures laid down by their sports federation.
Prerequisites
For athletes
You must have an identification number (Luxembourg matricule) to be able to access the sports medical examination.
If you don't have one, you can request one from the Ministry of Sport's Sports Medicine Service. The procedure to follow is explained on the Luxembourg sports portal.
Athletes who want to make an appointment must also have a private eSpace on MyGuichet.lu.
How to create a private eSpace on MyGuichet.lu
A tutorial is available to help you set up a private eSpace on MyGuichet.lu if you do not already have one.
For sports clubs
Setting up a business eSpace on MyGuichet.lu
Sports clubs who want to make an appointment for their members must have a business eSpace on MyGuichet.lu.
How to create a business eSpace on MyGuichet.lu
There are 2 possible scenarios:
- You are a new user of MyGuichet.lu. You must:
- first register on MyGuichet.lu; and
- then create a business eSpace.
- You already have a private eSpace on MyGuichet.lu. You can directly create a business eSpace without having to register again.
Further information as well as tutorials in relation with the business eSpace are available in our dedicated help page.
Certification of the business eSpace
Clubs and federations must have their business eSpace certified by the Ministry of Sport's Sports Medicine Service in order to be able to consult their members' sporting abilities.
Costs
These preventive medical examinations are financed by the government and are therefore free of charge for the athlete.
How to proceed
Setting up an appointment
Appointments at all state-run sports medicine centres and certain approved medical practices (doctors' practices and regional centres) can be booked online via MyGuichet.lu. This is a procedure requiring authentication with:
- a LuxTrust product; or
- an electronic identity card (eID).
Appointments can also be booked by phone:
- with agents from the Sports Medicine Service of the Ministry of Sport, on working days between 8.00-11.30 and between 13.00-15.30 on the following numbers only:
- (+352) 247 83 413
- (+352) 247 83 446
- (+352) 247 83 485
- directly with the secretariat of the approved medical practice concerned.
Cancelling an appointment
In the event of cancellation of an appointment made with:
- a Sports Medicine Centre: The Sports Medicine Service of the Ministry of Sport must be informed 48 hours in advance by telephone;
- an approved medical practice: In this case, you must contact the practice's secretariat directly within the same 48-hour period.
If the athlete has made an appointment at a state-run sports medicine centre and has a private eSpace, they can also cancel their appointment online via MyGuichet.lu.
Required supporting documents
Athletes must bring the following items to the appointment:
- their vaccination card;
- their social security card, provided by the National Health Fund (Caisse nationale de santé - CNS);
- their prescription glasses (not contact lenses, if possible).
In order to avoid an overcrowding of waiting rooms, only one accompanying visitor is allowed per athlete.
Examination procedure
The examinations are performed by physicians who hold a specialist certificate in sports medicine recognised by the Minister responsible for health.
The basic medical examination to be carried out includes:
- an interview (including medical history and medication taken regularly, cardiovascular risk factors, etc.);
- a clinical examination;
- a morphological analysis (height, weight, etc.);
- from the age of 30, a urine test;
- a resting electrocardiogram (ECG) for athletes having reached the ages of 15, 20 and 30, or when the first licence is issued, if this occurs after the age of 15.
Additional examinations may be requested by the examining doctor or by a doctor attached to the State service and designated for this purpose by the competent minister. The government does not cover the cost of these additional examinations.
After the examination
A certificate containing the results of the medical examination is drawn up and sent to the sports federation concerned. The latter is responsible for issuing the licence to the applicant.
In this certificate, the individual may be declared:
- fit;
- temporarily fit;
- temporarily unfit;
- unfit.
Anyone declared 'unfit' (rather than 'temporarily unfit') to take part in a given sport may appeal against this decision within 40 days to a commission, which makes the final decision after examining the person concerned again or, where appropriate, on the basis of their medical file.
Consulting your data using MyGuichet.lu
Athletes can check their sporting abilities for the federations or sports clubs for which they have undergone a sports medical examination by consulting their private eSpace on MyGuichet.lu.
Parents can also consult the abilities of their minor children who are part of their household and who have undergone the sports medical examination.
Sports federations and clubs, for their part, can consult the abilities of their members only in their business eSpace.
Federations and sports clubs must first have their eSpace certified by the Sports Medicine Service of the Ministry of Sports and will then be able to access this data by searching by name and date of birth, or the national identification number (13-digit matricule) of their members.
Online services and forms
Online services
For athletes
For sports clubs
For sports federations
My data
Who to contact
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Ministry of Sport Sports Medicine Service
- Address:
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66, rue de Trèves
L-2630
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
B.P. 180, L-2011 Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 83 413
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 83 446
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 83 485
working days between 8.00 and 11.30 and 13.00 and 15.30
- Fax:
- (+352) 247 83 483
- Email address:
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rdv.medico@sp.etat.lu
appointments
- Email address:
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registre.medico@sp.etat.lu
identification numbers
- Email address:
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medico@sp.etat.lu
secretariat
Related procedures and links
Links
Further information
le portail du sport au Luxembourg
Legal references
concernant le contrôle médico-sportif obligatoire des membres licenciés actifs des fédérations sportives agréées
