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48.01 DEFINITIONS.
   1.   “Alcoholic beverage” means any beverage as defined in §123.3(4), Code of Iowa.
   2.   “Controlled substance” means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor as specified in Chapter 124, Division IV, Code of Iowa.
   3.   “Event, gathering, or party” means any group of three (3) or more persons who have assembled or gathered together for a social occasion or other activity.
   4.   “Juvenile” means a person under the age of eighteen (18).
   5.   “Parent” means any person who is a natural parent or a legal guardian as defined in §123.47(2), Code of Iowa.
   6.   “Premises” means any home, yard, farm, field, land, apartment, condominium, hotel or motel room or other dwelling unit, or hall or meeting, park or any other place of assembly. “Premises” does not include property that is licensed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages.
   7.   “Social host” means any person, partnership, corporation or association of one or more individuals who aids, allows, entertains, organizes, supervises, controls, or permits an event, gathering or party. This includes but is not limited to the person(s) who owns, rents, leases or otherwise has control of the premises where the event, gathering or party takes place; the person in charge of the premises; or the person(s) who organized the event, gathering or party. If the social host is a juvenile, and the parent(s) are present on the premises or knows of the event, gathering or party and knows that the consumption of alcohol and/or controlled substances is occurring, the parent(s) are also liable for violations of this chapter.
   8.   “Underage person” means any individual under the age of twenty-one (21).