title: Regulations, standards, and guidelines.
abstract: Standards appearing in the Federal Register are law and are mandatory. Voluntary guidelines only constrain an institution if the guidelines are incorporated into the hospital's rules. Hospitals are required to have rules and regulations; however, they apply only to each individual hospital.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration