{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-23-1605","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 23-1605","heading":"Motor carriers; employment status; safety improvement; definitions","body":"A. The deployment, implementation or use of safety improvement by or as required by a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, may not be considered when evaluating a person's status as an employee, independent contractor or jointly employed employee under any state law.\n\nB. For the purposes of this section:\n\n1. \"Motor carrier\" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28-5201.\n\n2. \"Safety improvement\" means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate any of the following:\n\n(a) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws.\n\n(b) Safety of a motor vehicle.\n\n(c) Safety of the operation of a motor vehicle.\n\n(d) Safety of third-party users of a public highway as defined in section 28-5201.","path":["Title 23 Labor"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/23/01605.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"612edfe9a037569882cd7b3b5ddceeb36871dd68b065224c5050d0f806a5645b","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-23-1604","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-23-1701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}