The Guarantor is the responsible party for the financial obligation. The guarantor is identified in the registration process. You can select an existing guarantor or enter a new guarantor which is then retained in the guarantor database. PiMS keeps a separate database for guarantors. A guarantor can be assigned to multiple patients, such as in a family or patient and guarantor are the same person. When the guarantor and patient are the same, the patient name, address, date of birth, sex, are always kept in synch, so that when one is changed, it automatically changes the other. The system assigns a unique guarantor ID so each guarantor can be searched by ID or guarantor name.