"Recommend putting the light on a GFCI circuit to provide the potential for electrocution."
Is this precisely what he wrote? Idiocy!!
The existing switch location complies with Article 404.3(C) of the 2011 NEC.

Thank you, bus_driver. I appreciate your feedback. I was really worried given the wording, but I'm not at all familiar with electrical code so thought I'd check in here.

While Bus and I both have relatively low regard for most home inspector, let's skip over that.

If the light is in the shower area it needs to be damp rated, if it can be exposed to spray (which with your hand shower I would count as a YES) then it must be wet rated. Almost every wet rated shower light I've seen REQUIRES a GFCI by its manufacturer.

So, there's a strong possibility that it should have a GFCI, but you can't tell for sure unless you look specifically at the fixture and check with the manufacturer.

The wording in my original post is a compilation of what was stated at the inspection and what was written in the report.

The problem I have is that the report of such inspectors has huge ramifications, and if in error, can be quite difficult and expensive to correct. And some of them vastly overestimate their abilities.
The competent ones or those who are willing to learn are OK by me.

ronnatalie, that's what a friend who tinkers with wires told me, too. What is involved in making changing an unprotected switch to CFGI?

The wording of that HI is flat out scare tactics IMO.
I HATE it when those clowns use electrical as a venue to justify their means by using these scare tactics.

"Almost every wet rated shower light I've seen REQUIRES a GFCI by its manufacturer."

Do you have any references to this, or any kind of documentation?
Your opinion here is one of the most well respected, but in all my years I have only seen this a couple of times, and what you are saying contradicts this.
I am curious as to what lights you've seen that require GFI protection.

Perhaps Bus driver should stick to driving a bus. It is quite conceivable that a person, especially a child could decide to reach out of the shower wile standing in water and activate the fan switch or the light switch and become fried... An electrician can identify the circuit that supports the switch and related components and install a ground fault breaker in the main panel on that circuit. Bus drivers disdain for Inspectors perhaps is driven out of envy or without realising that Inspectors may use codes to make recommendations but are not required to use code as codes change and differ. A quality Home Inspector uses common sense:

I think Ramond's concern is rather unlikely, but if it does concern you, then that light should be put on its own GFCI-protected circuit, with no receptacles on it. Especially not on the required GFCI circuit in that same bathroom!