Maryland Labor and Employment Section 7-102
§ 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 Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; 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.