§43A-5-203.

§43A-5-203.
   
   Upon receiving an order from a district court to convey a mentally
   ill, alcohol-dependent, or drug-dependent female to an institution,
   the sheriff of such county shall procure a suitable female to assist
   in conveying the female to the institution if the sheriff or deputy
   who will be conveying the female is male. If a female attendant is not
   available, a male sheriff or male deputy may convey the mentally ill,
   alcohol-dependent or drug-dependent female without a female attendant
   if the sheriff or deputy conveying the female notifies the dispatcher
   of the specific mileage from the collection point to the destination
   point, the time of departure and the estimated time of arrival. The
   sheriff may procure such assistance, and certify the same to the
   county clerk as a part of the expense of so doing, and no bill for the
   expense of such conveyance shall be allowed by the commissioners of
   any county unless it is accompanied by a certificate of the
   superintendent of said institution, showing that such person has been
   duly conveyed to the institution by, or accompanied by a female
   attendant or as otherwise authorized by this section. Whenever a
   female patient is transferred from one institution to another within
   the Department or from an institution within the Department to another
   institution of like nature elsewhere, she must be accompanied by a
   female employee of the Department or a suitable relative of said
   female patient.