Hi Ronda,
I don’t think you need to make a temporary change like that. Your PD is not stepping down, right?
Documenting this on the Accreditation Data System (ADS) “Major Changes and Other Updates” as a temporary situation might be all you need to do.
If you want clarification, you can email ACGME Ortho: Citlali Meza (cmeza@acgme.org) and Kristen Ward Hirsch (kwardhirsch@acgme.org)
Has anyone else ever had this happen?
Good question, I would wonder what others have done in this situation!
~Laurel