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2. Living Men and Women
 
  2.2 Standards of a human child  
  Article 69-Health and well being of a human child  
69.1 Health and well being of a human child  
  It is both a right and a requirement that all children of Oceanic Union receive adequate food and health assistance to ensure their health is maintained and optimum as the mature to adulthood.  
69.2 Human food  
 

Human food is defined as any natural, refined or purely artificial substance which contains a portion of the necessary amino acids, sugars, proteins and fluids required for normal healthy body function. The minimum daily intake requirements for all persons shall be listed in the Master Nutrition Index of Oceanic Union

 
69.3 Master Nutrition Index of Oceanic Union  
  The master nutrition index of Oceanic Union is the standard nutrition index by which the diet of all children should be measured in terms of their minimum and maximum daily intakes of food and liquids.  
  The deliberate under feeding of children as well as the deliberate over feeding of children outside the Master Nutrition Index shall be considered a civil offence liable for fines for the parent/guardian on first and initial offences.  
  The sustained under feeding or over feeding of children after repeated fines shall result in a serious civil offence liable for the mandatory loss of custody of the children to alternative housing and accomodation.  
69.4 Immunisation of all children against major diseases  
  The immunisation of all children against major preventable diseases shall be mandatory unde this Code. No parent or guardian shall be permitted to withhold a child from receiving their mandatory immunizations unless an authorized medical health risk has been issued by a registered medical expert stating the life of the child is in jeapordy by the process.  
  The failure of a parent/guardian to permit their children to be immunized shall be a civil offence.  
69.5 Physical fitness  
  All children from the age of ten (10) to sixteen (16) are required to be enrolled in at least one legitimate, recognized and registered sport involving organized physical exercise at least three times per week.  
  Unless a child has a medical reason for not being able to participate in at least one sport, the failure of a child to participate in a sport shall result in the teaching establishment being liable for a civil offence.  
     
 
 

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