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§ 40.1-5-43 - Applicability to acts done, rights accruing, orders, or admissions prior to January 1, 1975.

SECTION 40.1-5-43

   § 40.1-5-43  Applicability to acts done,rights accruing, orders, or admissions prior to January 1, 1975. – Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect or impair the validity of anyact done or right accruing, accrued, or acquired, or any order, judgment, orstatus established prior to January 1, 1975. As to any person admitted orcertified pursuant to the provisions of the law prior to January 1, 1975, theprior law shall continue to govern until six (6) months thereafter, whereuponthe provisions of this chapter shall apply in all respects.