In 1960, the society changed its name to the “Ceylon Public Health Association”.
It brought under its banner all persons involved in public health thus making it an exclusive forum for both medical and non-medical professionals equally.
These included clinicians, sanitary engineers, health educators and invariably MOHs.
In 1970, some keen public health practitioners formed the Sri Lanka association of preventive and social medicine.
In 1994, the members unanimously adopted a resolution to convert the association to a college.
In the inaugural ceremony Professor Savithri Gunasekera, the vice chancellor of the University of Colombo was the chief guest.
The journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka carries research articles.
College logo shows goddess Hygieia holding the internationally accepted symbol of snake and staff in one hand and in other the torch bearing the flame of knowledge in the foreground of the replica of Sri Lanka.
Aesculapian snakes were kept in the combination hospital temple built by the ancient Greeks and later by Romans in honour of the God.