Who we are, and how we check our work

What we actually sell

A compliance manual and the forms, logs, and checklists behind it, written against the Texas rules that apply to your industry and delivered in 48 hours. Optionally, Compliance Shield keeps those documents current as the rules change.

We publish free samples of the real documents because a document product should be inspected before it is bought. Read the sample manual and the training guide before you decide anything.

How our guides are researched

The Texas compliance guides and the penalties reference are the part of this site most likely to be quoted back to us, so they are held to a standard we can defend:

• Primary sources only for anything numeric. Penalty amounts come from the agency or the statute itself — OSHA's published maximums, the Texas Administrative Code, the Occupations Code — and the source is printed next to the figure so you can check it.
• Maximums are labelled as maximums. A statutory ceiling is not a forecast of what you would actually be assessed, and we say so rather than implying otherwise.
• Dates on the page. Rules move. Every guide carries the date it was last checked, and we only bump that date when something substantive changed.
• We correct things publicly. In August 2026 we found that our own site had been citing an OSHA figure that matched no current amount. We replaced it with the verified figures, corrected the structured data search engines read, and removed a penalty claim we could not source. If you find another, tell us and we will fix it and re-date the page.

That last point is the whole standard, really. A compliance company that is casual with its own facts has no business selling accuracy.

What we are not

We are not attorneys and we do not practise law. Our products are written materials and software within the meaning of Texas Government Code §81.101(c), and they are not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. We do not tell you whether your specific arrangement is lawful, we do not represent you before a board, and we do not guarantee any outcome with any regulator.

What we do is make sure the paperwork exists, is current, and matches the rules that apply to your industry — which, in practice, is where most inspection findings actually come from. For anything turning on your specific facts, talk to the relevant Texas agency or a qualified Texas attorney. We say when that is the better call, including on the page comparing us to hiring a consultant.

Where we operate

Texas only, on purpose. Compliance is state-specific, and a document set written for four Texas regulators is worth more than one written to be vaguely acceptable in fifty states. Med spas answer to the Texas Medical Board, dental offices to TSBDE and DSHS radiation control, tattoo studios to DSHS, and esthetician studios to TDLR — four different rulebooks, which is why we publish four different guides.

Contact

Email [email protected] or call (855) 83-GHOST. Corrections, source challenges, and "is this actually required?" questions are all welcome — the second kind makes the guides better.