PLT RPT; DORNIER 328. DURING TAXI OUT IN DEN; CAPT RECEIVED NOTE FROM CABIN ATTENDANT; PAX NOT WEARING SEATBELT; RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM CTLR TO PULL OVER; FO WENT BACK; PAX STRAPPED IN. DEN TWR SUPVR REVIEW WITH CAPT AT DEST.

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DURING TAXI OUT AT DEN; THE FLT ATTENDANT APCHED THE COCKPIT WITH A NOTE IN HER HAND. I; THE CAPT; ELECTED TO STOP THE AIRPLANE AND READ THE NOTE. WE INFORMED ATC THAT WE NEEDED TO STOP. THE GND CTLR SAID WE COULD STOP. WE HAD A PAX THAT WOULD NOT PUT HIS SEATBELT ON. I INFORMED GND CTL OF THE PROB AND HE WAS VERY HELPFUL AND SAID WE COULD STOP AND PARK ANYWHERE WE WANTED TO AND ASKED IF WE NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE. I TOLD HIM THAT WE DID NOT NEED ANY ASSISTANCE AT THIS POINT; JUST A FEW MINS TO SORT OUT THE PROB. THE NOTE WAS FROM A DOCTOR DATED ON APR/XA/94 STATING THAT THE PATIENT WAS EXEMPT FROM WEARING HIS SEATBELT IN A CAR AND AN AIRPLANE BECAUSE HE WAS A POW AND COULD POSSIBLY HAVE FLASHBACKS. I HAD THE FO GO BACK TO THE CABIN TO SPEAK WITH THE PAX. WHILE THE FO WAS IN THE BACK; GND CTL RADIOED ME AND ASKED IF I COULD MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION; BECAUSE THERE WAS OTHER ACFT NOW BEHIND US THAT NEEDED TO GET BY. I INFORMED THE CTLR THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE UNTIL THE FO RETURNED TO THE FLT DECK. APPROX 1 MIN LATER; THE CTLR AGAIN ASKED IF I COULD MOVE. I AGAIN TOLD HIM THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE UNTIL THE FO RETURNED TO THE FLT DECK. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; THE FO RETURNED TO THE FLT DECK AND WE TOLD GND CTL THAT WE COULD NOW MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION. WHILE THE FO WAS IN THE BACK; I SPOKE WITH OUR COMPANY DISPATCH AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PAX INDEED NEEDED TO WEAR HIS SEATBELT WHILE THE FASTEN SEATBELT SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FO WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE THE PAX TO WEAR HIS SEATBELT. WE THEN PROCEEDED WITH THE FLT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBS. WE WERE ASKED TO PHONE THE TWR AT DEN. I PHONED THE TWR WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DEST. THE TWR SUPVR WANTED TO KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T MOVE BECAUSE WE WERE BLOCKING TFC BEHIND US. I EXPLAINED THE WHOLE SIT (I THINK HE UNDERSTOOD). I JUST WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN THE SIT FIRST AROSE; THE GND CTLR DID TELL US WE COULD STOP ANYWHERE WE WANTED TO. I USED MY PIC AUTH TO BEST DEAL WITH THIS SIT. I GUESS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH PAX WE'RE GOING TO OCCASIONALLY RUN INTO PROBS.