12VAC5-31-1453 Part 2 Minimum ages for students-(page 164) This requires students to be 16 for BLS and 18 for ALS classes before the official start date of the class. In regards to ALS, we have students graduating High School now at 17. They are enrolling in college programs at this age. With this requirement, they are forced to delay their education because they will not be 18 at the beginning of class. I think a more reasonable age restraint would be 18 prior to beginning of clinical rotations for ALS programs. This issue appears again in 12VAC5-31-1503 Part A Sec. 2 (page 178) and again in 12VAC5-31-1521 Part B (page 180).