This act shall not affect the orders, rules, regulations, and standards made or promulgated before February 4, 1971, by any department, institution, division, bureau, board, commission, council, or other agency, the functions, powers, and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to a principal department established by this act. The orders, rules, regulations, and standards shall continue with full force and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law.
Ark. Code § 25-2-103