The phrase "adopt and enforce" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the implementation of policies, rules, or laws that require both acceptance and active application.
Example: "The committee decided to adopt and enforce new safety regulations to ensure a safer working environment."
Alternatives: "implement and uphold" or "embrace and apply".
But it's up to the hospitals to adopt and enforce these requirements.
It is entirely reasonable for the world's poorest countries to argue that they need until 2016, at least, to adopt and enforce patents on pharmaceuticals.
Washington should revive international efforts begun during the Clinton administration to pressure countries with dangerously loose banking regulations to adopt and enforce stricter rules.
The state courts should adopt and enforce effective ethics rules to prohibit favoritism, or judges should be appointed based on qualifications.
"They Have to Do Better" (editorial, May 11) points out that another financial catastrophe can be prevented only with tough regulatory reform that includes the power of the 50 states to adopt and enforce consumer protections against national banks.
Developing countries need to adopt and enforce privacy and data protection laws as they attempt to bridge the "digital divide" widened by the advent of new technologies like cloud computing, according to a new report.
If adopted and enforced, legal scholars said, the regulation would represent an important shift in the government's attitude toward the rights of individual property owners.
"For governments of developing countries, it is essential that appropriate laws and regulations are adopted and enforced in these areas," says the report.
When a player entered the hotel lobby, he would remove his cap or hat, acknowledging a team rule adopted and enforced by the players.
"No matter what rules are adopted and enforced, the integrity of the system fundamentally depends on the honesty of government officials and the professional advocates and lobbyists," he said.
In other floor action, the Senate, by a vote of 80 to 18, approved an amendment that would ease proposed restrictions on the federal government's ability to prevent states from adopting and enforcing their own, tougher standards on federally-regulated banks.
