Owasso Chiropractor Allowed to Keep Oklahoma License after Losing Ohio License

Tuesday, February 8th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

A News on Six investigation has revealed that an Owasso chiropractor was allowed to keep his Oklahoma license after losing his medical license for life in Ohio. Dr. William Morris was convicted of two sexual misdemeanors in Ohio in 1993. The Ohio Board of Chiropractic Examiners called his actions immoral, vile and depraved. They permanently revoked his license in 1994. Now, he's practicing in Green Country.

Morris's clinic is located on an Owasso expressway. News on Six crime reporter Lori Fullbright and chief photographer Oscar Pea told Morris that they were taping him when Fullbright and Pea went into his office. Morris declined an on-camera interview, but talked to the News on Six crew off camera.

Morris received his Oklahoma license in 1989. That was before he got into trouble with the law in Ohio, where he'd been a chiropractor for 17 years. Records show Morris instructed a female employee to massage his genitals under the guise of training her how to examine patients. He was convicted and sentenced to 45 days in jail. The judge on the case told Morris, "You have very deep-seated psychiatric problems. It's my view you're a walking time bomb for yourself and others around you."

Morris said he did not perform the act that his employee had accused him. He said it was a case of his word versus her word. He was convicted of two third degree misdemeanors. He said in Ohio that would be the same as throwing trash out your car window. Morris says that was a long time ago. He said that he's paid his dues and he's just trying to get on with his life.

Morris did tell Oklahoma authorities about his case. "He did notify the board office and individual board members before moving to Oklahoma," said former board president Dr. Craig Hayes. Hayes wasn't a member of the board when Morris contacted them about his case.

The law says if that board was going to take action against Morris, it had to do so within two years. The board took no action on the case. Hayes was appointed to the next board and reviewed Morris' case. Since the statute of limitations had expired, the board could only issue Morris a letter of concern. The board issued the letter to Morris.
"The letter of concern brings the issue to his file and if anything else happened, it would weigh heavily on what would happen to him," Hayes said.

No complaints have been filed against Morris since he started practicing in Oklahoma two and a half years ago. Morris told the News on Six that he didn't believe the old case in Ohio was relevant to his practice in Owasso now. He works in his office alone during the week and flies home to Ohio on weekends to visit his family.