Should a criminal background check be required for licensing?

Certain states like CA now require license applicants to submit their fingerprints for a DOJ / FBI criminal background check before getting licensed. What’s your opinion of this emerging practice?

how important is it to know that the person who is in your house all day while you are gone does not have a history of stealing or violence or worse ( rape or child molestation). do you typically invite them in, knowingly?

I think for Customers to have privy to the background of a person who will come into the most private and expensive part of our lives a background check is definitely necessary, even though I live in GA. where it is not needed.

Yes, it is very important . The NY alarm license covered type of contractor, background, drug test, and finger prints.