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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is applauding a February appellate court ruling that an Evansville doctor will remain without his medical license after being accused of sexually touching five patients during their appointments.
Charges were brought against Dr. James Jenison in 2022 by the Office of the Attorney General.
In February 2023, the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana revoked Jenison’s medical license following a hearing, with the board concluding hat he had inappropriately touched five women while providing them with medical services.
The board also found that Jenison prescribed controlled substances without an active controlled substances registration and committed fraud or material deception in order to obtain a license to practice medicine.
The Indiana Court of Appeals issued a Feb. 25 opinion that reversed a Marion Superior Court ruling that had restored Jenison’s license.
“From the moment we saw the evidence, we fought for the revocation of this doctor’s license,”Rokita said in a press release Monday. “Dr. Jenison’s actions violated a sacred trust, and our office stood up for Hoosier women by working to prevent him from having the opportunity to assault more patients in the future.”
In May 2024, Marion Superior Court Judge Patrick Dietrick found that the state had not met the burden required to revoke Jenison’s license.
Indiana Court of Appeals reversed this decision, finding the trial court erred when it granted Jenison’s petition for reinstatement.
“Substantial evidence supports the Board’s findings that Dr. Jenison engaged in lewd and immoral conduct in connection with the delivery of services to the public when he inappropriately touched five women, that Dr. Jenison had knowingly violated a state statute when he prescribed controlled substances without a CSR, and that Dr. Jenison had engaged in fraud or material deception in order to obtain a license to practice when he provided a false response on his CSR renewal application,” Judge L. Mark Bailey wrote for the appellate court.
The appellate court has remanded the case with instructions for the trial court to affirm the medical board’s order.
The case is Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. James E. Jenison M.D., 24A-PL-1294.
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