Educational Qualification: The candidates must possess a degree in the M.B.B.S. All candidates who are yet to appear in the final examination of the M.B.B.S. can also be admitted provisionally to the Examination but their result is declared only after they submit a proof of having passed the final examination of the M.B.B.S. The candidates, who are yet to complete their compulsory rotatory internship, are also eligible but their appointment upon selection is subject to their completing the internship.

Age Limit: A candidate for this examination must not have attained the age of 32 as on 1st January, 2002. The age limit is, however, relaxable, up to a maximum of five years, in case of scheduled caste/scheduled tribe or bonafide misplaced persons, etc, as per the rules.