A second competency evaluation has been ordered for a Bowling Green doctor accused of practicing medicine without a license and engaging in unsolicited sexual conduct.
William Van Robison, 70, appeared Thursday in the courtroom of Wood County Common Pleas Judge Joel Kuhlman for a restoration hearing to determine if he was competent to stand trial.
Robison was indicted in October 2021 for practicing medicine without a license, two counts sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, and sexual imposition.
He was indicted again in February 2022 for two counts of sexual battery.
A competency evaluation was ordered in March 2023 and in June, the court ordered Robison to undergo, for six months, the appropriate treatment according to the Court Diagnostic and Treatment Center to restore competency.
Defense attorney Sara Roller argued against the findings that Robison was competent.
“His ability to respond to questions asked is very limited,” she said.
If he gets frustrated, he will end his sentence with “OK” or turn to his wife to finish the sentence for him, Roller said.
Drew Wood, representing the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, said he also had concerns over Robison’s physical condition and would not argue against a second evaluation.
Kuhlman ordered the second evaluation using a different evaluator.
The next hearing is set for April 11.
Robison operated Myo-Fit Pain Management on North Main Street for a number of years. He advertised that he was a licensed massage therapist and certified manual trigger point therapist.
From June 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017, Robison allegedly practiced medicine without the appropriate license or certificate from the state medical board; opened an office for such practice; or practiced medicine or surgery after his license had been revoked or suspended.
During that same time, he is accused of engaging in sexual conduct twice with a person he knew whose ability to appraise the nature of or control her conduct was substantially impaired; causing another to have sexual contact with him by purposely compelling that person to submit by force or threat of force; and having sexual contact with another knowing that contact was offensive or reckless.
The most recent charges state that on Jan. 1, 2008, and again from Jan. 8, 2008, to Dec. 31, 2010, he allegedly engaged in sexual conduct while knowing the victim’s ability to know what was going on was substantially impaired.
