[joe_the_user]

A lot of the examples seem to involve professions involving grooming people - barbers, manicurists, etc. While the required training amount might be out of line, it seems like some state supervision for these professions is needed because unhygienic or unsafe practices could serious consequences - ie, spreading disease.

So this seems less totally insane than it might.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Right. Licensing these professions is completely reasonable. But years of training and extortionate costs to acquire a license is nowhere near reasonable.

[caseysoftware]

This is licensing based on paying fees and completing classes, not - as in health codes for restaurants - based on the cleanliness or safety of the work place.

[nmrm2]

Most states require food prep employees to carry some form of food safety certification.

Any additional checks are above and beyond this and other basic requirements.

Of course, there's a good reason that both exist in food prep. Downgrading a restaurant only after the typhoid outbreak isn't really serving the best interest of the public. And continuous monitoring/enforcement is too expensive.