This is what you'd expect government to do when taking away a licence would mean the person loses their livelihood. The same thing is true for lawyers, land me

This is what you'd expect government to do when taking away a licence would mean the person loses their livelihood. The same thing is true for lawyers, land meters, certified accountants, ... they effectively get one "get out of jail free" card for any offence that occurred on the job, and isn't an obvious repeat offence, or was an obvious case of corruption (and getting paid a lot, but not directly to commit a crime is not corruption). Why ? Two reasons. Firstly, because taking that licence destroys the person, nobody wants to do it. Second because of the effect of taking away licences, their competitors could cause their licence to be taken away to increase business (for lawyers at least, I know two cases where this happened)