71 Pa. Stat. § 1407
The commissioner of health, in addition to the powers conferred by this act, shall have all the powers conferred, and perform all the duties heretofore imposed, by law upon the state board of health, or any member, committee or officer thereof, including the secretary.
This act shall not affect pending actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the state board of health or its officers; but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended, in the same manner and to the same effect, by the commissioner of health as if originally begun by or against him. Nor shall any provision hereof affect in any manner any order or recommendation made by, or any other matters or proceedings before, the state board of health, and all such matters and proceedings pending before the board when this act takes effect shall be continued before the commissioner of health.
71 P.S. § 1407