administrative rules
Governing operational guidelines
Administrative rules are regulations issued by government agencies to implement and enforce laws passed by legislatures.
They carry the force of law and govern specific procedures, standards, or requirements within an agency's jurisdiction: The EPA's administrative rules on emissions apply to all manufacturers.
Also called administrative regulations or simply regulations.
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- instructionsGuidance on how to proceed
- auditsFormal account inspections
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- inspectionsSystematic examinations for flaws
handbooks · standards · protocols · standard operating procedure · rule book · codes · checklists · frameworks · flowcharts · templates · bylaws · criteria · procedures · decrees · forms · fine print · directives · enactments
- government documentswhite paper, laws, federal records, gazette, constitutions
- regulationsrule, regulations, regulation, law, laws
- state lawsstate statutes, state code, state constitution, criminal code, WAC
- legal documentscontract, affidavit, deed, will, subpoena
- state lawstate statutes, state laws, state constitutions, constitutional law, state code
- Hawaiian lawskapu system, royal decrees, royal edicts
administrative ruleslegislation
Official enactment of statutes
statutes · statutory law · acts of Congress · common law · case law
administrative rulesconstitutional principles
Basic governmental framework rules
administrative, rules, administer, administration, administrator, administrate, minister, ministry, ministerial