Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 656 § 656.005 — (28), the company qualifies as an independent contractor. Any company

(28), the company qualifies as an independent contractor. Any company licensed under ORS 671.525 or 701.021 and involved in activities subject thereto is conclusively presumed to be an independent contractor. (26) A person serving as a referee or assistant referee in a youth or adult recreational soccer match whose services are retained on a match-by-match basis. (27) A person who operates, and who has an ownership or leasehold interest in, a passenger motor vehicle that is operated as a taxicab or for nonemergency medical transportation. As used in this subsection: (a) “Lease” means a contract under which the lessor provides a vehicle to a lessee for consideration. (b) “Leasehold” includes, but is not limited to, a lease for a shift or a longer period. (c) “Passenger motor vehicle that is operated as a taxicab” means a vehicle that: (A) Has a passenger seating capacity that does not exceed seven persons; (B) Is transporting persons, property or both on a route that begins or ends in Oregon; and (C)(i) Carries passengers for hire when the destination and route traveled may be controlled by a passenger and the fare is calculated on the basis of any combination of an initial fee, distance traveled or waiting time; or (ii) Is in use under a contract to provide specific service to a third party to transport designated passengers or to provide errand services to locations selected by the third party. (d) “Passenger motor vehicle that is operated for nonemergency medical transportation” means a vehicle that: (A) Has a passenger seating capacity that does not exceed seven persons; (B) Is transporting persons, property or both on a route that begins or ends in Oregon; and (C) Provides medical transportation services under contract with or on behalf of a mass transit or transportation district. [1965 c.285 §9; 1971 c.386 §1; 1977 c.683 §1; 1977 c.817 §2; 1977 c.835 §7; 1979 c.821 §1; 1981 c.225 §1; 1981 c.444 §1; 1981 c.535 §3; 1981 c.839 §1; 1983 c.341 §1; 1983 c.541 §1; 1983 c.579 §3; 1985 c.431 §1; 1985 c.706 §2; 1987 c.94 §168; 1987 c.414 §161; 1987 c.800 §2; 1989 c.762 §4; 1990 c.2 §4; 1991 c.469 §1; 1991 c.707 §1; 1993 c.18 §138a; 1993 c.494 §2; 1993 c.777 §10; 1995 c.93 §32; 1995 c.216 §§3,3a; 1995 c.332 §6; 1997 c.337 §1; 1999 c.314 §91; 1999 c.402 §8; 2001 c.363 §1; 2001 c.765 §4; 2003 c.677 §1; 2005 c.167 §1; 2007 c.465 §6; 2007 c.541 §9; 2007 c.721 §1; 2007 c.836 §49; 2008 c.32 §§2,3; 2021 c.257 §2; 2021 c.453 §15]