While our checklists include some items that are necessary in corner cases, a majority of our candidates don't need them. We would rather that these steps START OFF as waived, and then change it to 'AWAITING' if they need it.
Or alternatively, give the family the ability to waive the step.
This relates to another issue in that parents don't see that an item has been waived or not- they only see "complete" or not.