SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO . A - 2607
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IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION TO RESTORE THE LICENSE OF KENNETH ZAHL, M.D. L ICENSE N O . MA56413
TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE STATE OF NEW JERS E Y

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Argued February 6, 2018

– Decided June 19, 2018 Before Judges Fasciale and Sumners. On appeal from the State Board of Medical Examiners. Kenneth Zahl, appellant , argued the cause pro se . David M. Puteska , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State Board of Medical Examiners (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General , attorney ; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant At t orney General, of counsel; David M. Puteska and Jillian Sauchelli , Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief).
PER CURIAM Kenneth Zahl, M.D., appeals from a December 7, 2015 final order of the State Board of Medical Examiners (Board), denying his NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court . " A lthough it is posted on the internet , this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited . R . 1:36
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request to va cate prior Board orders in 2003 and 2009 revoking his
license to practice medicine . We affirm.
The Board's order sets forth the relevant factual background
that need not be repeated here. A brief summary is sufficient.
This matter is a continuum of the exhaustive litigation involving Zhal's medical license dating back to 1999, when the Attorney
General filed a complaint with the Board to revoke his license.

In an April 3, 2002 decision , the Board adopted the decision of the Administrative Law Judge to revoke Zahl 's license to practice medicine due to a pattern of dishonest billing practices . In re Suspension or Revocation of the License Issued to Kenneth Zahl, M.D. , A - 4177
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- 8 (June 9, 2005). After we reversed the Board's decision, o ur Supreme Court reversed and upheld the Board's revocation of Zahl's license. In re Suspension or Revocation of the License Issued to Kenneth Zahl, M.D. , 186 N.J. 341, 344 (2006) ( Zahl I ). P rior to the Court's d ecision,

Z a hl had obtained a stay of the Board's revocation of his license.
C oncerns over Z a h l's conduct persisted , which result ed in a second proceeding before the Board to revoke his license because he continued to engage in dishonest billing practices and failed to comply with a billing monitoring practice imposed by the Board during the stay . Consequently, on March 11, 2009, the B oard revoked his license for a second time, which we affirmed in In re3 A - 2607
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Suspension Or Revocation of the License Issued To: Kenneth Zahl , A - 4109
- 08 (App. Div. July 30, 2010) ( Zahl II ) . Over six years later, seeking to resume his practice, Zahl petitioned the Board to vacate the prior licensure revocation
orders affirmed in Zahl I and Zahl I I . The Board denied his petition without oral argument , and issu ed a written decision reasoning that under res judicata his challenge to those orders

c an not be relitigated as they had been previously rejected in Zahl

I and Zahl II and that he failed to raise any new substantial
issues , and that his time to appeal those orders had expired long
ago. T he Board nonetheless indicated Zahl still had the right to apply for reinstatement of his license. N.J.S.A. 45:1
- 7.1(d). Before us, Zahl reite rates the arguments th e Board rejected . Based upon our review o f the record and applicable law, h is arguments are without sufficient merit to warrant discussion in a written opinion, R. 2:11
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for the reasons set for t h by the Board in it s well
- reasoned decision . Affirmed.