NEW YORK (AP) – Testing under baseball’s new drug agreement will start Thursday, according to the commissioner’s office.

Lawyers for players and owners have been drafting the deal since they announced the agreement for tougher testing on Jan. 13.

“We’re going to be in the camps testing starting the third of March, and I expect the language to be wrapped up in the next couple of days,” Rob Manfred, management’s executive vice president for labor relations, said Monday.

Michael Weiner, the union’s general counsel, said the sides hoped to complete the drafting before the testing starts. The deal replaces the agreement that began in September 2002.

Under the new rules, a players would be suspended for 10 days for a first positive test for a performance-enhancing drug, 30 days for a second positive test, 60 days for a third and one year for a fourth. Under the previous deal, a player who tested positive for the first time received counseling, and his name was not publicly revealed.

Some criticized the previous agreement because once a player was tested in 2004, he could not be tested again unless doctors found there was cause.

As part of the new agreement, the amount of random tests will increase, and players will be tested during the offseason for the first time. Players and owners also agreed to increase the substances that are prohibited, but they did not add amphetamines to the banned list.