Section 480. Entering hospital to negotiate settlement or obtain release or statement

It shall be unlawful for any person to enter a  hospital  for
  the  purpose  of negotiating a settlement or obtaining a general release
  or statement, written or oral, from any person confined in said hospital
  or sanitarium as a patient, with reference to any personal injuries  for
  which  said  person  is  confined  in said hospital or sanitarium within
  fifteen days after the injuries were sustained,  unless  at  least  five
  days  prior  to  the  obtaining  or procuring of such general release or
  statement such injured party has signified in  writing  his  willingness
  that  such general release or statement be given. This section shall not
  apply to a person entering a hospital for  the  purpose  of  visiting  a
  person therein confined, as his attorney or on behalf of his attorney.