Their question to me was: "Does anyone enforce this sort of behavior? Does USATF or RRTC have the ability to go to a RD and say 'stop it?'"
I was addressing the question above.
If the race calls its course "certified" then the answer to the above question is No, the USATF/RRTC has no ability to stop the RD, even if everyone believes certified=USATF certified.
If the race calls its course "USATF certified" then the answer is Yes, the USATF/RRTC has the ability to stop the RD.
So if you want the USATF/RRTC to enforce something here, then the first step is to help people understand that certified does not equal USATF certified.