Use of motor carrier safety improvement — Worker status unchanged — Definitions

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7. Use of motor carrier safety improvement — Worker status unchanged — Definitions

1. (a) As used in this section:

   1. (1) “Motor carrier safety improvement” means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate:

      1. (A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;

      2. (B) Motor vehicle safety;

      3. (C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or

      4. (D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and

   2. (2) “Worker status” means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant, or independent contractor for a motor carrier.

2. (b) The deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by, or as required by, a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, does not, in whole or in part, affect, impact, or change the worker status of a driver.

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