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

§  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.