45:1-1 - Persons entitled to practice, etc. under former laws unaffected

45:1-1.  Persons entitled to practice, etc. under former laws unaffected
    Any person now entitled to practice any profession or to engage in any occupation, governed or regulated by the provisions of this title by virtue of any prior law, shall continue to be entitled to practice or engage in the same,  notwithstanding the enactment of this title, and the validity of any license or  other authorization to practice any such profession or to engage in any such  occupation, heretofore issued to any person under any prior law, or of any  proceeding pending to obtain such a license or authorization shall not be  affected by the enactment of this title but all such persons shall in all other  respects be subject to the provisions of this title.