(1)
A transportation network company or a transportation network driver is not subject to the requirements applicable to:
(a)
a motor carrier, under Title 72, Chapter 9, Motor Carrier Safety Act;
(b)
a common carrier, under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or
(c)
a taxicab, under Title 53, Chapter 3, Uniform Driver License Act.
(2)
A transportation network driver is:
(a)
(i)
an independent contractor of a transportation network company; and
(ii)
not an employee of a transportation network company; or
(b)
for a motor vehicle with a level four or five automated driving system as defined in Section 41-26-102.1, in driverless operation, an automated driving system if dispatched:
(i)
at the direction of, on behalf of, or as an agent of a transportation network company; or
(ii)
at the direction of, on behalf of, or as an agent of a third party pursuant to an agreement between the third party and a transportation network company, operated on behalf of and as an agent of the transportation network company.