Order of Temporary Suspension    Verified Complaint

TRENTON – Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) has temporarily suspended the license of Bergen County physician Alfred D. Kulik after finding he disregarded the requirements for authorizing medical marijuana for children and adults.

“Illegal and unsafe medical practices that put patients, and especially kids, in harm’s way have no place in our state. Indiscriminate medical marijuana authorization can lead to serious health problems, especially for kids and young adults. We have safeguards built into our medical marijuana laws for a reason, and compliance is mandatory, not optional,” said Attorney General Davenport. “Suspending this doctor’s license while the case is pending ensures that he will have no contact with patients while these very serious allegations are being heard.”

In March 2026, the Attorney General filed a Verified Complaint alleging that Kulik, a Fort Lee practitioner and registered participant in New Jersey’s Medical Cannabis Program, authorizes medical marijuana for approximately 95% of his patients, 10% of whom are under the age of 18. Most of the underage patients are between the ages of six and twelve. The Complaint also alleges that Kulik never refuses to authorize medical marijuana for any patient, child or adult, including for children when pediatricians are unwilling to do so.

Following a request by the Attorney General, the Board has now granted an immediate temporary suspension of Kulik’s license. Kulik’s license to practice medicine and surgery in the State of New Jersey will remain suspended pending the outcome of a full plenary hearing in the Office of Administrative Law and further action by the Board.

“Safeguarding patients–especially children–from unsafe and unlawful medical practices is an important part of the Division’s consumer protection mission,” said Jeremy E. Hollander, Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs. “We thank the Board of Medical Examiners for recognizing and intervening to halt the imminent threat posed by this physician as we pursue disciplinary action against him.”

The Board noted in its Order that the statutory and regulatory requirements for authorizing medical marijuana “reflect the considered judgment of the legislature and of the Board about safeguards that need to be in place before medical marijuana can be authorized.” Among those requirements are that the physician establish a bona fide physician-patient relationship, conduct a physical examination of the patient, and consult the medical records maintained by other treating physicians reflecting the patient’s reaction and response to conventional medical therapies.

“It is abundantly clear that Respondent has totally disregarded essentially all the Board's requirements that apply to the authorization of medical marijuana,” the Board found.

Specifically, the Board noted, Kulik testified that he often authorizes medical marijuana after only the first patient visit and described the physical examination of his patients as “meaningless.” He also testified that he does not, in all cases, consult with other physicians who are treating the patient’s underlying conditions, does not take responsibility for the patient’s condition nor work as part of a treatment team, and does not review prescribing records or blood work to determine whether authorization of medical marijuana is both safe and appropriate.

The State was represented in this matter by Deputy Attorney General Daniel Evan Leef Hewitt, under the supervision of Section Chief Doreen A. Hafner of the Professional Boards Prosecution Section, within the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group of the Division of Law.