TOPEKA —The Kansas Board of Healing Arts Tuesday reported they had accepted a voluntary surrender of license from Dr. Eric Hawkins, D.C. This surrender of license is in lieu of conducting formal proceedings.
In August, a jury in Lyon County acquitted the former Emporia chiropractor on two of three charges alleging sex crimes against patients.
Hawkins was found not guilty of aggravated sexual battery and rape charges stemming from separate incidents.
Hawkins was accused of rape against a then-16-year-old girl in 2015 and aggravated sexual battery against a then-22-year-old woman in 2018.
Defense attorney Christopher Joseph said Hawkins was sloppy and should have better explained his procedures to the women but he didn't molest them. He said no one doubts that the patients believed their versions of what happened but the jury found there was reasonable doubt.
A copy of the public order and others may be found on the Kansas Board of Healing Arts web page listing Board Actions by clicking this link: http://www.ksbha.org/boardactions/boardactions.shtml
The Board Actions page provides a chronological list of Board Actions by year; or, an alphabetical list of Board Actions by last name.
Additionally, a licensee profile can be viewed by clicking this link: https://www.accesskansas.org/ssrv-ksbhada/search.html
The licensee profile page is hosted by another entity and loads updates several times a day. An order may be posted on the Board Actions page and not viewable on the profile page until the next automated upload.
Requests for open records, pursuant to Kansas Open Records Act (KSA 45-215, et seq.) can be made by emailing the request to [email protected]
Additional information on open record requests can be found on the agency web page at: http://www.ksbha.org/requests/openrecords.shtml
The Associated Press contributed to this report