Rules and coverage
565 rules. Here is what they cover and what they don't.
Rule-set 0.8.0, released 2026-10-12, last reviewed 2026-10-12. Choose the relevant frameworks and states for each review. State coverage includes selected provisions, not every law in each state.
565
rules
296
block approval
269 warn
423
rules with every citation checked
Against stored source text, at build time
142
rules without a full citation check
Treat these as unverified
Rules by category
Each rule has a reason, a source, a safer wording, and tests that must fire and must not fire.
| Category | What it catches | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| State law | State advertising, referral-payment and health-data statutes. | 213 |
| Regulatory status | False approval or clearance, prescribing shortcuts, kickbacks. | 56 |
| Disease claims | Wording about diseases and what a product does for them. | 49 |
| Platform policy | Ad platform policy problems. Unverified. | 40 |
| Offers and pricing | Hidden conditions, false urgency, cancellation traps. | 37 |
| Replaces care | Wording that steers people away from their doctor or treatment. | 30 |
| Efficacy and proof | Proof language, safety absolutes, instant results. | 27 |
| Patient privacy | Identifying patients, tracking pixels, health-data sale. | 27 |
| Absolute promises | Promises about results or safety that leave no room for doubt. | 20 |
| Patient quotes and reviews | Missing consent, missing typical-results statements, review gating, undisclosed payment. | 19 |
| Superiority | Best, only, comparisons with named competitors. | 18 |
| Research recruitment | Trial ads that promise benefit or stress payment. | 15 |
| Outcome statistics | Percentages and success figures without a source. | 14 |
Frameworks
A rule can draw on more than one body of law, so these counts overlap. You can switch frameworks on and off in the checker.
FTC
232
State
205
FDA
132
Other
67
HIPAA
34
OIG
33
IRB
15
Other covers CAN-SPAM, TCPA, DEA, and platform policy.
33 states
State rules run only for the states you tick, and only for the provisions we stored: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Most of these statutes apply to licensed practitioners, and the checker cannot tell who is advertising. Everything else is a gap, not a pass.
| State | Rules |
|---|---|
| Alabama AL | 5 |
| Arizona AZ | 6 |
| California CA | 12 |
| Colorado CO | 4 |
| Connecticut CT | 2 |
| Florida FL | 6 |
| Georgia GA | 8 |
| Hawaii HI | 5 |
| Illinois IL | 7 |
| Indiana IN | 6 |
| Kentucky KY | 6 |
| Louisiana LA | 5 |
| Massachusetts MA | 2 |
| Maryland MD | 7 |
| Michigan MI | 5 |
| Minnesota MN | 6 |
| Missouri MO | 10 |
| North Carolina NC | 2 |
| New Jersey NJ | 2 |
| New Mexico NM | 6 |
| Nevada NV | 3 |
| New York NY | 10 |
| Ohio OH | 6 |
| Oklahoma OK | 4 |
| Oregon OR | 6 |
| Pennsylvania PA | 7 |
| South Carolina SC | 5 |
| Tennessee TN | 10 |
| Texas TX | 19 |
| Utah UT | 6 |
| Virginia VA | 2 |
| Washington WA | 8 |
| Wisconsin WI | 7 |
Source library
324 of 334 registered sources are stored as text. 10 are link only, so we hold the address and no text. 0 refused automated access and need a person to read them in a browser. The methodology page explains what that means for trust.
| Framework | Registered | Stored as text |
|---|---|---|
| FTC | 10 | 10 |
| FDA | 14 | 14 |
| HIPAA | 14 | 14 |
| IRB | 12 | 7 |
| OIG | 45 | 45 |
| STATE | 152 | 152 |
| OTHER | 87 | 82 |
Next step
Check whether your state and content type are in scope.
Open the checker, tick your states, and run a real piece of copy. Anything outside this list needs your own counsel.