A Human Resources Action request (HRA) is required to initiate the hiring or termination of any Ohio State University employee. When hiring a new employee, an HRA is the first step for that employee to get a name.# osu account, BuckID, and other credentials that can grant them access to buildings, restricted areas, and computer systems containing PHI. More importantly, when an employee leaves the university, an HRA is required to deactivate a terminated employee’s access to protected systems. Failure of this step could provide a non-Ohio State University employee unauthorized access to protected areas within the clinic including PHI within Compulink, which represents a HIPAA violation. All supervisors must complete an HRA for all outgoing employees that specifies their last day of work. This includes work study employees who go on break with more than a 30-day hiatus from work.