An Emporia chiropractor has had his license temporarily suspended by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts.
On Friday, the board issued the suspension to Dr. Eric Hawkins after reports surfaced of violations to the Healing Arts Act. The ex parte emergency order of suspension details that on July 26 a petitioner filed a complaint alleging Hawkins had inappropriately touched her while lying down on a treatment table.
The complaint says there is evidence that Hawkins without warning allegedly reached under the patient’s pants and initiated unwanted skin to skin touching and massaging of the patient’s buttocks and inner thigh area and moving aside her undergarments without appropriate consent. It also details there is evidence that Hawkins embraced the patient without invitation while she was on the treatment table and again after she stood up to leave the treatment room.
The board found there was enough evidence to justify the emergency suspension of Hawkin’s license on a temporary basis pending a hearing to determine if there is adequate cause for the suspension to remain in effect.
A web search shows Dr. Hawkins employed with Emporia Chiropractic, LLC at 2708 West 12th Ave. Hawkins. He has practiced chiropractic health for 21 years. KVOE News is reaching out to the company for further comment.
You can read the full complaint here.
