(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:

(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.