(a) An individual is a covered employee if the individual regularly distributes or sells newspapers:
(1) on the street; or
(2) to customers at their homes or places of business.
(b) For the purposes of this title, the employer of an individual who is a covered employee under this section is:
(1) each independent news agency for which the covered employee sells newspapers; and
(2) each publisher who engages the covered employee to distribute or sell its newspapers.