Can a registered nurse administer phototherapy?

The nursing laws and rules allow a competent and appropriately trained registered nurse from performing phototherapy such as Type B Ultraviolet (UVB), Grenz Ray, or Psoralen and Long-Wave Ultraviolet Radiation (PUVA). These procedures require a prescription from an authorized health care practitioner.  The registered nurse should use the Scope of Practice Decision Tree to determine if these activities are within the nurse’s legal and individual scope of practice.