Is is within my scope of practice???

So here's the situation:

I got hired to work with a podiatrist. He has been giving his patients laser treatments for foot fungus. It's actually the nurse who does the treatment. Before the laser treatment some of the patients toenais are very thick and they need to be thinned down in order for the laser treatment to be more effective. So he has to debride the toenail. Am I allowed to debride the toenail??? The tool being used to debride the toenail is an electric filer.

If someone can guide me on a answer I would love it. ASAP, please.

Piscesmama