You're selling you theory to the wrong crowd Ira. This isn't a courtroom. The guidelines are very specific and easy for a judge and jury to understand.

If you think you can insure yourself by loopholing the situation, go for it. Just remember when someone hires you for a job and you say it's just for compensation, be prepared to prove your costs with receipts in the courtroom. Also be prepared for the person that hired you to become a witness for the plaintiff. Unless of course you think he'll be willing to lie under oath and sit on your bench.

Usually it takes a lawsuit to shed the light on how the system really works for most individuals. But trying to convince yourself you got the system beat is certainly one way of learning how it all works.

I think the OP was looking for a legitimate and bullet proof way to make the system work for him. Obviously he understood the AMA's coverage does not carry over to his part time work. But at least he knew what he was talking about, he just wanted more from the AMA.