The phrase 'substantially comply' is correct and usable in written English.
It usually refers to meeting the requirements of an agreement or rule, though not fully completing them. For example: "The agreement states that we must substantially comply with all safety regulations."
5. Patients' Rights: Vote on an amendment to a Democratic bill to define patients' rights that says state laws must "substantially comply" with new federal insurance standards.
Under the House and Senate bills, states may ask the federal government for permission to enforce certain state laws that "substantially comply" with the new federal standards.
The Bavis lawyers, in their filing, contended that United had "a long history of failing to substantially comply with the federal aviation security regulations".
If Ms. Goard did not substantially comply, isn't it she that should be punished, and not the voters?" She said that she would issue a written ruling as soon as possible, but did not say when.
While acknowledging that these requirements can be difficult to monitor and enforce, the ACGME and residency review committees can impose citations, probation, or loss of accreditation on programs that fail to substantially comply with resident duty hour requirements.
"You have to view this in the larger context of whether the high-speed rail authority is substantially complying with the requirements".
JCAHO conducts periodic on-site surveys to verify that "an accredited organization substantially complies with Joint Commission standards and continuously makes efforts to improve the care and services it provides".
To make matters more complicated (and also more interesting), section 512(c)(3)(B)(i) provides that a notification from a copyright owner that fails to comply substantially with the DMCA takedown notice requirements shall not be considered in determining whether an ISP has "actual knowledge" or is "aware of facts or circumstances" from which infringing activity is apparent.
In the current study, the results show that while the majority of South African doctors complied substantially with the requirements of the NHA in terms of information disclosure (Table 2), only about 21% of doctors complied with the 'material risks' standard in terms of risk disclosure (Table 4).
The code's definition of the public interest has been substantially updated in order to comply with the laws of defamation and data protection along with guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service.
The effect of the treatment on participants who comply with allocated treatment was substantially greater than the effect of allocation on all trial participants.
