A Turner man who is president of a statewide private company that provides medical care to jail inmates has had his medical license suspended.

The Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine pulled Alfred Cichon’s physician assistant license for 90 days. After a May hearing, the board ruled that Cichon:

• Served as a physician assistant from November 2006 to March 2007 without a doctor to supervise him, as required

• Failed to tell the board that he no longer had a supervising physician

• Misrepresented his license status with another licensing agency

Along with the suspension, the board reprimanded Cichon, fined him $1,500 and required that he pay for the cost of his board hearing, up to $3,000.

That’s all in addition to another 90-day summary suspension Cichon received in March, when the board said that he “presented an imminent danger to his patients” because he didn’t have a licensed doctor to turn to if they developed complicated health problems.

Randal Manning, executive director of the board, said Cichon argued that he was supervised by a licensed doctor, but the doctor wasn’t registered with the medical board or with the Maine Board of Osteopathic Licensure, as required.

Cichon declined to comment Wednesday.

“On the advice of counsel I’m not at liberty,” he said.

The suspension does not affect Cichon’s ability to run Allied Resources for Correctional Health, which is based in Augusta. The private organization serves the medical, mental health and substance abuse needs at jails in seven counties, including Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin.

Capt. John Lebel said his Androscoggin County jail has seen no change in service since Cichon received his first suspension in March.

“It didn’t really have any affect, except Al would be a person who would be on call at times,” Lebel said.

Since the suspension, Cichon hasn’t been on call, Lebel said. Other staff members have filled in.

Lebel isn’t worried that inmates’ health or medical safety will be affected by the suspension and he plans to continue using Allied Resources for Correctional Health. Although he doesn’t want to minimize the situation, Lebel said he considers Cichon’s problem to be administrative, not medically dangerous.

“We’re not dealing with any medical malpractice that would concern me,” he said.

Allied Resources for Correctional Health has served Androscoggin County inmates for the past 10 or 15 years, Lebel said. In 2004, Cichon received an award from the state’s Division of Disease Control for promoting public health surveillance within the community.

In order to get his license back after the latest suspension, Cichon must show the board that he has a licensed, board-registered doctor supervising him.