The minor is also particularly vulnerable to social and parental pressures that can potentially result in the patient providing misinformation about her reproductive status. One approach to rectify this situation is for the technologist to ask the parent or guardian for permission to prepare the patient in the examination room privately prior to the examination. In the private setting the technologist can either ask the patient the standard questions or ask the patient to fill out the standard form about menstrual history and the potential for pregnancy. If a private preparation is refused, then a backup screening policy may be put in place. The policy may require that a radiologist interview the patient prior to the examination, for example.