Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-203
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Conveying females to facility - Female assistants -
Official statutory text
County expense.
A. Upon receiving an order from a district court to convey a
mentally ill, alcohol-dependent, or drug-dependent female to a
facility, the sheriff of such county shall procure a suitable female
to assist in conveying the female to the facility if the sheriff or
deputy who will be conveying the female is male.
B. 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.
C. The sheriff may procure assistance, and certify the same to
the county clerk as a part of the expense of the conveyance. 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 executive director of the facility, showing that
the person has been duly conveyed to the facility by, or accompanied
by a female attendant or as otherwise authorized by this section.
D. Whenever a female consumer is transferred from one facility
to another within the Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services or from a facility within the Department to another
facility of like nature elsewhere, the female must be accompanied by
a female employee of the Department or a suitable relative of the
female consumer.
A. Upon receiving an order from a district court to convey a
mentally ill, alcohol-dependent, or drug-dependent female to a
facility, the sheriff of such county shall procure a suitable female
to assist in conveying the female to the facility if the sheriff or
deputy who will be conveying the female is male.
B. 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.
C. The sheriff may procure assistance, and certify the same to
the county clerk as a part of the expense of the conveyance. 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 executive director of the facility, showing that
the person has been duly conveyed to the facility by, or accompanied
by a female attendant or as otherwise authorized by this section.
D. Whenever a female consumer is transferred from one facility
to another within the Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services or from a facility within the Department to another
facility of like nature elsewhere, the female must be accompanied by
a female employee of the Department or a suitable relative of the
female consumer.
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