1. Within the limits of its scope of competence, the health establishment shall determine the number of trainees admitted to be trained on annual basis, so as to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of training in accordance with its capabilities and specialties, at an average training rate of one trainee for every five beds, in addition to the number of physicians, consulting physicians, specialists, bed occupancy rate, the number of surgical operations done and any other criteria prescribed by the ministry

2. The health establishment shall admit the trainee in proportion to its absorptive capacity, which shall be determined in accordance with Clause (1) of this article, while prioritizing the admission of UAE graduates of the College of Medicine, particularly admitting their enrollment in internship training. 

3. Subject to the priority referred to in Clause (2) of this article, the training applications shall be admitted in accordance with the academic degrees of the graduates.