(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.