# Approval Policy

> The declared rules and gates a model must pass before it may be deployed.

Record: `lexicon:approval-policy`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-approval-policy

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Untested Model Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/untested-model-deployment.md) and before [Document Store](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/document-store.md).

## Category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/model-architecture.md)

## Required by

- [Model Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/model-governance.md)

## Linked from

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-model-architecture.md)