Chiropractor to face charges in district court

Hansen repeatedly told Ellsworth he was no longer a party to the case and could not participate because the district attorney's office failed to answer a motion he submitted.

"It's an administrative procedure that's being used around the country with real good success," Hansen said.

At the hearing, Deputy District Attorney Laura Louise Grant called four witnesses: Elko County Sheriff's Reserve Deputies Bruce and Dawnie Kennedy, who posed as a couple seeking alternative cures for his prostate cancer; Dixie Nichols, whose father had consulted Hansen about a cure for his bladder cancer; and Rebecca Richard, a license specialist with the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners, who testified Hansen did not have, nor had he applied for, a license to practice medicine.

The Kennedys and Nichols each testified Hansen told them his oxygenated baths could cure cancer, the basis for the prosecution's charges of practicing medicine without a license.

During the hearing on Monday, Ellsworth suggested several times because of the seriousness of the charges, Hansen might want to have an attorney.

"Why do I need legal counsel if I'm not a party to the controversy?" Hansen responded.

"We're not going to get into that," Ellsworth said and asked Hansen if he planned to represent himself.

"How can I represent myself when I am myself?" Hansen replied.

Ellsworth found probably cause for Hansen to answer the charges in district court.

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