About MTARA
Multidisciplinary Therapies Australia Regulation Association (MTARA) is the national peak body professional association for MDT Specialists.
MTARA represents practitioners whose work involves multidisciplinary functional assessment and functional analysis. The Association provides a professional framework for practice that has long existed across systems where understanding real-world function is essential to sound planning, service delivery, review, and decision-making.
Functional Science is concerned with understanding how people function in context. It examines functional capacity, participation, endurance, and interaction with environmental and situational demands, recognising that functional impact is shaped by daily life requirements rather than diagnosis alone.
MDT Specialists analyse how functional strengths and limitations interact with environmental, educational, relational, and service demands. This analysis is translated
into structured, defensible functional insight and practical recommendations that support planning and decision-making across systems.
MDT Specialists work alongside allied health, medical, psychological, social work, education, and legal professionals. They do not replace discipline-specific roles. Their role is to integrate and interpret functional information where a whole-of-person understanding of function is required.
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CODE OF PRACTICE
MTARA Registered MDT Specialists are expected to uphold the following professional principles:
1. Practise within the approved scope of registration and demonstrated competence.
2. Apply multidisciplinary functional reasoning accurately and responsibly.
3. Conduct functional assessment and analysis that is objective, evidence-informed, and contextually grounded.
4. Provide clear, proportionate, and practical functional recommendations within scope.
5. Maintain professional independence and appropriately manage conflicts of interest.
6. Obtain informed consent and respect the rights and autonomy of individuals.
7. Maintain confidentiality and comply with applicable privacy obligations.
8. Maintain required professional insurance and suitability checks.
9. Engage in ongoing professional development relevant to scope of practice.
10. Conduct professional activities in a manner that upholds public confidence in MDT Specialist practice.
COMPLAINTS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FRAMEWORK
MTARA maintains a formal complaints and professional conduct framework to support accountability and maintain confidence in registered practice.
Complaints may be lodged in writing by any person regarding a registrant’s professional conduct, scope of practice, or compliance with MTARA standards.
On receipt of a complaint, MTARA will assess whether the matter falls within its remit. Where appropriate, the Association may request a response from the registrant, review relevant information, and consider the matter against MTARA standards and the Code of Practice.
Possible outcomes include no further action, provision of guidance, required remediation, conditions on registration, suspension, or removal of registration. Outcomes relate to MTARA registration status and professional recognition.