NIMMONS, Judge.
The issue in this case is whether a court, having conducted a hearing on the merits and denied the State's Baker Act petition, may grant the State's motion for rehearing, take additional testimony, reverse its earlier denial and enter an order of involuntary placement under Section 394.467, Florida Statutes (1985). Appellant asserts that since the statute does not provide for rehearing, the statute should be strictly construed
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