Which term refers to those rules that may be adopted by government as regulations but are not legally binding on their own?

• A. Regulation
• B. Lift planning
• C. Standards
• D. NIOSH FACE program

Answer: (C)

Standards are guidelines developed to describe safe practices, performance criteria, or procedures. They come from consensus bodies and can be adopted by government as regulations, which would then make them enforceable. But on their own, standards are not laws—they’re voluntary until a regulation references them and makes them binding. That distinction is why standards fit the description of rules that a government may adopt as regulations without being legally binding by themselves.

For contrast, a regulation is an actual law with legal consequences. Lift planning is the process you follow to plan a lift, not a regulatory term. The NIOSH FACE program is a research initiative that studies fatalities and shares safety findings, not a set of enforceable guidelines.