Aerospace and Automotive engineering would be more examples, and then the obvious case of software and hardware engineering.

As you point out, the trend is for self certification and government review, like is done for medicine, aircraft.

I don't think these are special cases, but the norm for any field developed after the 60's or so.

>risk-taking is encouraged and unlicensed persons are able to unleash their half-developed

That's your hostile strawman, not mine.