§ 423-010. DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

Adult means any person who is 18 years of age and older or who is emancipated pursuant to law.

Caretaker means any person who is 18 years of age or older, other than the juvenile's parent or legal guardian, who has been given and has accepted responsibility for the care, custody and control of the juvenile by the juvenile's parent or legal guardian.

Emergency means the unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes but is not limited to fire, natural disaster, automobile accident or requirement for immediate medical care for another person.

Establishment means any privately owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment.

Guardian means a person who, or private agency that, under court order, has been named the guardian of the juvenile.

Juvenile means any person less than 18 years of age who is not emancipated pursuant to law.

Loitering means to linger or hang around in a public place or establishment where one has no particular or legal purpose.

Parent means a person who is the natural or adoptive mother or father of a person.

Public place means any place to which the public has access and includes but is not limited to public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, public buildings, public right-of-ways, public grounds, dedicated open or trail space, or privately owned land that is unsupervised and from which the public is not expressly excluded under applicable trespass laws, including but not limited to vacant lots, parking lots and the common areas of hospitals, apartment complexes, housing complexes, office buildings, transport facilities, shopping centers and malls. For the purposes of this chapter, public place shall not include the buildings, grounds or facilities of the school which the juvenile is required to attend but shall include the buildings, grounds and facilities of schools in which the juvenile is not enrolled.

Truancy means the act or condition of being absent from school without permission by one who is subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation or alternative education under state law.