Two technicians are discussing the HVAC/R field. Technician A says that industry codes that require certain types of installation practices carry the force of law with them. Technician B says that ANSI is an organization that establishes codes for the HVAC/R field. Which one of the following statements is correct?

Answer 1

What are your choices?

Answer 2

Oops sorry - it's either Technician A or Technician B, or Neither or Both. Who is correct? Both of them? Or Neither? Or A or B?

Answer 3

Technician B.

http://www.ansi.org/about_ansi/overview/overview.aspx?menuid=1

Answer 4

I know Technician B is correct, but is Technician A also correct? Is there any "force of law" carried with these standards?

Answer 5

http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/other_documents/safeguarding.aspx?menuid=7

Answer 6

So what they are saying is that if the ANSI standard happens to be adopted by OSHA, THEN it has the "force of law". Is that what you are reading/interpreting?

And that would mean that both are correct...

Answer 7

But at this time, the standards haven't been adopted by OSHA, so they do not have the force of law now.

Answer 8

both