The administrator of a correctional facility may allow a qualified correctional officer to carry a weapon, including a firearm, during the transport of another governmental agency’s prisoner if the correctional facility has a contract with the governmental agency to transport the agency’s prisoners and that contract requires the officer doing the transport to be armed with a weapon. For purposes of this section, “governmental agency” means an agency or department of this state or of any political subdivision in this state, or another state or of a political subdivision of another state, or of the United States. The administrator of a correctional facility shall adopt a policy, approved by the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, which establishes the qualifications and training an officer must meet to carry a weapon under this section. Sections 62.1-02-05, 62.1-02-10, and 62.1-03-01 do not apply to the possession and use of a firearm by a qualified correctional officer acting in the course of employment as allowed by this section.