§ 7-102
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§7–102.
(a)This title does not apply:
(1)to a common carrier or an employee of a common carrier solely because it transports a migrant agricultural worker;
(2)to a custom grain combine, hay harvesting, or sheep shearing operation or to an employee of the operation while the employee is performing a farm labor contracting service only for the operation;
(3)to an individual who performs farm labor contracting services, or an employee of the individual while the employee is performing a farm labor contracting service only for the individual, within a 25–mile intrastate radius of the permanent place of residence of the individual and not exceeding 13 weeks a year;
(4)to an agricultural operation when engaging a farm labor contractor through the Maryland Department of Labor; or
(5)to an individual who performs farm labor contracting services only for a farm or a cannery, packing shed, seed conditioning establishment, or other processing establishment, if:
(i)the individual or an immediate family member of the individual exclusively owns and operates the farm or establishment; and
(ii)only the individual and immediate family members of the individual perform farm labor contracting services for the farm or establishment.
(b)This title does not apply:
(1)to any person other than a farm labor contractor to whom no more than 10 migrant agricultural workers are provided at any time during the current and preceding calendar years;
(2)to an individual while acting as an employee of an agricultural operation that is excluded under item
(1)of this subsection; or
(3)to a custom operation for poultry harvesting, breeding, debeaking, sexing, or health service or to an employee of the operation while the employee is performing a farm labor contracting service only for the operation, unless the operation regularly requires an employee to be absent during nonworking hours from the domicile of the employee.